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300 000 people to receive free treatment for bilharzia and intestinal worms in Mount Darwin and Shamva

By Roselyne Sachiti and Tatenda Chimbwanda Mount Darwin,…
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Yaffa Fatoumata

“It weighs you down,” Congo COVID-19 survivor recounts

Yaffa Fatoumata hoped that the fever and the sore throat she was…
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Ministry of Health and WHO staff teaching health workers proper donning and doffing of a Personal Protective Equipment

Arua Regional Referral Hospital Medical Team Learns Quick Valuable Lessons from COVID-19 Response

Kampala, 24 September 2020: - For many health workers of Arua…
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Laura Nagasha

Surviving COVID-19 and fighting stigma in Uganda

Kampala – When 30-year-old Ugandan entrepreneur Laura Nagasha…
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COVID-19 laboratory testing

Rwanda’s response to COVID-19 brings out the need to prepare and learn from practice

Wash your hands, wear your face mask and practice physical distancing…
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Bagama Guehara

Overcoming COVID-19 at 99 years-old in Guinea

Conakry – When Bagama Guehara walked out of Donka Hospital in Guinea’…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 23 September 2020

23 September 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases

Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – COVID-19 transmission in Africa has been marked by…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 22 September 2020

22 September 2020 — Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

In the context of the double burden of COVID-19 and Humanitarian…
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