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Health worker vaccinates a resident of Moyo District against Yellow Fever

Ministry of Health Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign targets 1.6 million lives in the West-Nile region of Uganda

Moyo, 20th August 2020:- Mr Mark Oguma Oguti and his daughter Claudia…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 18 August 2020

18 August 2020 — Thirty-seven (37) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize and Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti; at the introduction of the surge team of experts to South Africa

WHO Regional Director introduces Surge Team of Experts to South African Government

The Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 17 August 2020

17 August 2020 — Eighty-seven (87) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 16 August 2020

16 August 2020 — A hundred and one (101) new COVID-19 cases were…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 15 August 2020

15 August 2020 — Fifty-nine (59) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 14 August 2020

14 August 2020 — Ninety-three (93) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Mr. Hilary Njenge with Ms. Sarah Fordah, WHO Polio STOP consultant and COVID19 Data Mananger at a training of surveillance officers from all 14 regions in Windhoek

Heroes from the Namibian COVID health front-line: An epidemiologist’s narrative

With contemporary times calling them disease detectives,…
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Mr. Hilary Njenge with Ms. Sarah Fordah, WHO Polio STOP consultant and COVID19 Data Mananger at a training of surveillance officers from all 14 regions in Windhoek

Heroes from the Namibian COVID health front-line: An epidemiologist’s narrative

With contemporary times calling them disease detectives,…
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(L-R) Dr. Francis Kateh, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peter Clement, WR-WHO, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah, Minister for Health

WHO Donates 21 Pieces of Oxygen Concentrators to Boost COVID-19 Response in Liberia

Monrovia, 11th August 2020:  The World Health Organization…
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