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Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021

Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021

Brazzaville – As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-…
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Breastfeeding mother

Ghana launches National Breastfeeding Week

The World Health Organization has joined the Ministry of Health, the…
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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Brazzaville/Conakry – Guinea today declared the end of the…
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Participants group photo at the end of the EIOS training in Monrovia

Liberia Concludes Three-Day Training to Strengthen Event Based Surveillance through Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS)

Monrovia,10th September 2021: To better detect acute public health…
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During the debriefing session on TB Programmatic findings

Eritrea- Green Light Committee Monitoring Mission 2021

The Green Light Committee (GLC) Initiative, together with the Working…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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WHO Acting Rep. handing over GeneXpert modules to Dep. Health Minister Tulay

WHO Donates Essential Supplies to Strengthen the Health System Response to COVID-19

Monrovia, 7th September 2021:  The WHO Acting Country…
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UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Neils Scott, WHO Acting Representative and UNICEF Representative at the J&J COVID-19 vaccine donation ceremony by the World Bank

Liberia receives additional 108,000 Doses of COVID-19 J&J Vaccine through World Bank

On 3rd September 2021, Liberia received 108,000 Johnson and Johnson…
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