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Beating childhood cancers through early detection and treatment

Beating childhood cancers through early detection and treatment

Accra – On one of Naomi Otua’s regular trips to visit her grandson…
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MoHW Permanent Secretary Grace Muzila, amongst the medical team members attending the meet and greet event

Botswana receives an emergency medical team to support the COVID-19 response initiatives

3 August 2021, Gaborone - The Ministry of Health and Wellness (…
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Left to right: WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Ester Muinjangue, Right Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Saara  Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr Peya Mushelenga

Vaccine Hesitancy hinders rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination

The delay or refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine has marred the…
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A frontline health worker in Ethiopia shares her journey of caring for COVID-19 patients: How the COVID-19 vaccine encouraged her to do more with less fear

A frontline health worker in Ethiopia shares her journey of caring for COVID-19 patients: How the COVID-19 vaccine encouraged her to do more with less fear

Asmera Seyum is one of the frontline workers in Ethiopia who has been…
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Professor Bontle Mbongwe, after delivering her acceptance speech at the World No Tobacco Award Ceremony

Professor Mbongwe receives an important recognition for her role in the fight against tobacco consumption in Botswana

3 August 2021, Gaborone: Every year, the World Health Organization (…
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Left to right: WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Ester Muinjangue, Right Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Saara  Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr Peya Mushelenga

Vaccine Hesitancy hinders rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination

The delay or refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine has marred the…
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West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea

West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea

Brazzaville/Conakry – Health authorities in Guinea today…
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Left to right: WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Ester Muinjangue, Right Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Saara  Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr Peya Mushelenga

Vaccine Hesitancy hinders rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination

The delay or refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine has marred the…
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Left to right: WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Ester Muinjangue, Right Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Saara  Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Dr Peya Mushelenga

Vaccine Hesitancy hinders rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination

The delay or refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine has marred the…
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Government officials, COVAX partners from the UN, EU and other partners witnessing the arrival and formal handing over of the vaccines

Sierra Leone welcomes the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines shipped via COVAX facility

Freetown, Sunday, 8 August 2021 – Sierra Leone has today received the…
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