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Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Brazzaville – As weekly cholera cases in the affected African…
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In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

Bujumbura – Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she…
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His Excellency Honorable Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Dr C.D.G.N Chiwenga in Grey

Zimbabwe launches Health Resilience Fund and Strategic Frameworks to bolster Universal Health Coverage

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe – Universal Health Coverage (…
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022…
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022…
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Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive

Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive

Maputo – Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign…
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Ministry of Health and Child Care, Chief Director Public Health. Munyaradzi Dobbie (left) and some of the scientists who received on-the-job training in MALDI-TOF MS technology

Brand-new, cutting-edge technology deployed by Zimbabwe to enhance diagnostic tests aiming at combating the growing burden of antibiotic resistance

By Dr Tapfumaneyi Mashe Harare, Zimbabwe - Over reliance on…
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative commends Mozambique’s outbreak response

Global Polio Eradication Initiative commends Mozambique’s outbreak response

Maputo, 22 February 2023 – Senior representatives from the Global…
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Vaccines help battle cholera outbreak in Malawi

Vaccines help battle cholera outbreak in Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi – In late 2022 staff at Tukombo health centre, a…
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Ghana targets more children in malaria immunization expansion

Accra, Ghana - The Government of Ghana has launched an expansion of…
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