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African Govts Urged to prioritize Tuberculosis

Brazzaville, 24 March 2006 -- African countries have been urged…
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Wild polio and vaccine derived polio in Nigeria

After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in…
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Hepatitis: “It’s closer than you think”

26 July 2012 -- Viral hepatitis kills about one million…
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Stronger national response is needed to continue the fight against HIV/AIDs, says Dr Sambo

Cape Town/Brazzaville, 11 December 2013 -- The World Health…
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“Networking of public health research institutions in the African Region”

The 63rd Session of the Regional Committee took place from 2 to 6…
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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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Africa Faces New Malaria Threat

Brazzaville -- Resistance to available anti-malarial drugs has become…
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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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Tuberculosis

Key facts Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death…
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Indicators for TB control in Africa improve, but still fall short of global targets

Harare, 4 April 2003 -- Treatment success and case detection…
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