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‘Flying Doctors’ boost Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing

‘Flying Doctors’ boost Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing

Lagos – Red-gloved hands gently dip cotton swabs down nostrils and…
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Burkina-Faso: WHO supports the Ministry of Health in the establishment and training of a national experts group on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Burkina-Faso: WHO supports the Ministry of Health in the establishment and training of a national experts group on Sexual and Reproductive Health

In 2019, the WHO Africa Office established a Regional Technical…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 28 October 2020

28 October 2020 — Forty-five (45) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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COVID-19 spurs health innovation in Africa

COVID-19 spurs health innovation in Africa

Brazzaville, 29 October 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has galvanized…
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Bulawayo and Harare health care workers gain new skills on management of stress, anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic

  By Tatenda Chimbwanda Mazowe, Zimbabwe – "l really needed…
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Coronavirus

When an Electricity Dam Construction Site was Turned into a COVID-19 Treatment Facility

  Kampala, 28 October 2020: - There is a beehive of activity…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 26 October 2020

26 October 2020 — Seven (7) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 25 October 2020

25 October 2020 — Six (6) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 24 October 2020

24 October 2020 — Eight (8) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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Polio vaccination

WHO urges government to ensure that stopping Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) remains an urgent priority for the National Polio programme

The World Polio Day was commemorated in Zambia on 23 October 2020…
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