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Experts caution against stagnation of immunization coverage in Africa

Experts caution against stagnation of immunization coverage in Africa

23 January 2019, Brazzaville, Congo – Global immunization experts…
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Couple holding hands

Learning to live as a couple when one partner is HIV-positive in Sierra Leone

“The greatest support I ever received living with HIV for 10 years…
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Jane and John holding hands

Learning to live as a couple when one partner is HIV-positive in Sierra Leone

Jane* was pregnant when she discovered she was HIV-positive in 2008.…
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Cabo Verde leads the way in ending new HIV infections in children in West and Central Africa

Cabo Verde leads the way in ending new HIV infections in children in West and Central Africa

Emanuel Fernandes was born a few weeks after his mother discovered…
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UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents

UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents

DAKAR/GENEVA, 16 January 2019 - At a high-level meeting in Dakar…
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Ebola Survivor with Family

New hope with Ebola drug trial

By the time Kambale Kombi Vianey arrived at the Ebola treatment…
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Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Ruganda (left) and WHO DG Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus address the media during the presser

WHO Director-General applauds Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Kampala 3 January 2019 - The Director General of the World Health…
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WHO HTS Info app: from concept to reality

This app provides easy, on-the-go access to current HIV testing…
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Review of records in health facilities

Situation Update on the Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan

Juba 20 December 2018 – The Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan…
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H.E Gen Taban Deng Gai cuts the ribbon during the opening of the IDU

A new multipurpose Infectious Disease Unit opens in Juba, South Sudan

Juba 20 December, 2018 – A new multi-purpose, Infectious…
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