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A WHO officer conducting COVID-19 community engagement

When Community Engagement Restored Trust and Raised Public Index of Suspicion for COVID-19

Kampala, 4 September 2020:- When the World Health Organization (WHO…
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African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative

African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative

Brazzaville – While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 02 September 2020

02 September 2020 — Seventy-six (76) new COVID-19 cases were…
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World Bank supports continued health services provision for Cyclone Idai affected communities in Chimanimani

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Chimanimani, Zimbabwe - “The horrors of what…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 01 September 2020

01 September 2020 — Seventy-nine (79) new COVID-19 cases were…
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WHO officials talk to the health workers at Kasensero Health Center II

WHO supports the Government of Uganda to rapidly respond to COVID–19 at Kasensero Landing Site

Kampala, 2 September 2020:- Kasensero landing site located on…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 31 August 2020

31 August 2020 — Forty-three (43) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 30 August 2020

30 August 2020 — A hundred and seventy-seven (177) new COVID-19 cases…
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Frontline Health Workers follow WHO IPC guidelines as they provide care for Covid-19 patients

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - The first day Princess…
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Commissioning of the Molecular laboratory in Makeni to facilitate scaling up of COVID-19 testing

A new COVID-19 testing laboratory commissioned in rural Sierra Leone supported by WHO

On 29 August 2020, a newly established WHO-supported COVID-19 testing…
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