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Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Tanzania confirms first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Brazzaville/Dar es Salaam – Tanzania today confirmed its first-ever…
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Tackling malaria in Mali through stronger surveillance

Tackling malaria in Mali through stronger surveillance

Bamako – How can numbers save lives? In three malaria-prone districts…
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Africa burdened with largest global increase of oral diseases

Africa burdened with largest global increase of oral diseases

Brazzaville – Around 44% of the population in the African region…
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Burundi declares outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2

Burundi declares outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2

Brazzaville/Bujumbura – Health authorities in Burundi today declared…
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World Health Organization in Ethiopia steps up health response to Somali refugees

World Health Organization in Ethiopia steps up health response to Somali refugees

16 March 2023, Addis Ababa ‒ Since the beginning of February 2023,…
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A mother and her child after vaccination

Uganda introduces life-saving yellow fever vaccine into routine immunization programme

The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children…
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Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

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Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

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Thongbotho Mphoyakgosi, Medical Laboratory Scientist

Thongbotho Mphoyakgosi, Medical Laboratory Scientist

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Mr. Joel Maybury, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission

Liberia officially closes the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors- Men’s Health Screening Program

Monrovia, 14th March 2023: The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak…
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