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The Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Dr Diane Gashumba, vaccinating against pneumonia at the launching of MCH week

The African Vaccination Week integrated in the mother and child health week in Rwanda

Rwanda organized its biannual Integrated Mother and Child Health Week…
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African Vaccination Week parade in Liberia

Liberia Launches the 6th Regional African Vaccination Week

Monrovia, 25 April 2016 - The WHO Regional Director for the Africa,…
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The ED of NPHCDA(right) addressing journalists on 2016 AVW while WR (3rd left) and other dignitaries listen

African Vaccination Week: Government teams up with journalists for universal coverage.

Abuja, 25 April 2016 - The Federal government of Nigeria has…
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Ministers pledge to improve access to vaccines at first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa

Addis Ababa, 25 February 2016 – With one in five African…
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WHO launches African Vaccination Week in Zambia

WHO launches African Vaccination Week in Zambia

Brazzaville/Lusaka, 23 April 2015 – Today, the World Health…
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WHO information note: Guidance for immunization programmes in the African Region in the context of Ebola virus disease

As a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the…
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Second African Regional Conference on Immunization(ARCI), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 06 December 2010 - 08 December 2010

Theme: “Reaching every child with immunization.” The specific…
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Eradicating Polio in the African Region: 2011 Annual Report

Polio eradication remains one of the top priorities for WHO in the…
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Mid-Level Management Course for EPI Managers

The aim of MLM training is to enable immunisation managers at all…
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Meningitis vaccination campaign to reach 300 million by 2016

Chad has launched a mass campaign to vaccinate nearly 2 million…
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