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Le Sénégal en quête d’une certification internationale pour son équipe médicale d’urgence

Senegal seeks international certification for its emergency medical team

Thiès, Senegal, In the operating room, the regular beep of machines…
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Moving forward the science of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Africa

Moving forward the science of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Africa

Brazzaville – Thousands of clinical trials conducted in different…
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RDT testing for COVID-19

Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – Southern Africa is facing an upsurge in COVID-19 cases…
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Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases

Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – Southern Africa is facing an upsurge in COVID-19 cases…
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Simulation exercise ongoing at Kilimanjaro Int. Airport

East Africa steps up health emergency readiness and response

Arusha, Tanzania – Five East African countries have held their first…
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Ghana finds success in COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns

Ghana finds success in COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns

Accra – Ghana, the first country in the world to receive COVID-19…
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Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Luanda – Joana Domingos had long ceased to believe the official COVID…
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Accelerated Mass Vaccination Campaign agaisnt COVID-19 in Uganda

Ministry of Health and Partners Step-up COVID-19 vaccination in Uganda through Accelerated Mass Vaccination Campaigns

Loyce Twikirize is 18 years old and lives in Kabale district with her…
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How home-based care eased Rwanda’s COVID-19 response

How home-based care eased Rwanda’s COVID-19 response

Kigali – When COVID-19 cases and deaths in Rwanda began to spike in…
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Africa witnesses longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases

Africa witnesses longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in…
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