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Protecting every child from poliovirus

Protecting every child from poliovirus

Abuja ‒ In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-Kambari, five-year-…
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Semen testing, safe sex counselling for male Ebola survivors halts disease spread

Halting the spread of Ebola through sexual transmission

Monrovia ‒ Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members,…
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Focused interventions to strengthen mental health service delivery in Ghana

Focused interventions to strengthen mental health service delivery in Ghana

Context The impact of the risks to mental health and associated…
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Self Help Plus Training of Trainers, April 2023, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Scaling up mental health and psychosocial support in conflict settings

Case study: Northern Ethiopia Context: Conflict broke out in…
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Ghana pushes to catch up on missed childhood vaccinations

Catching up on missed childhood vaccinations

Accra ‒ COVID-19 pandemic-related disruptions meant that mother…
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Vaccination campaign protects tens of thousands of schoolgirls from HPV

Launching HPV vaccination

Eswatini – When 13-year-old Eswatini primary school pupil Tenele…
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Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization in Liberia

Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization

Monrovia ‒ By the end of 2022 Liberia’s COVID-19 vaccination rate was…
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Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization in Liberia

Liberia takes bold step to integrate COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization

Monrovia ‒ On 16 March 2020, Liberia registered its first case of…
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Leveraging Ebola lessons to mitigate COVID-19 impact

Leveraging Ebola lessons to mitigate COVID-19 impact

Freetown ‒ With only 7766 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 125 deaths…
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How mental health support proved critical Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response

Mental health support for Marburg survivors

Kagera ‒ Washington Mushobozi, who was isolated in a Marburg Virus…
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