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Religious leaders join COVID-19 fight in Africa

Religious leaders join COVID-19 fight in Africa

Abidjan/Nairobi – “You can pray only if you are alive,” quips Abdallah Cissé Djiguiba, one of the grand imams in Cote d’Ivoire.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 22 April 2020

22 April 2020 — Three (3) new CoVID_19 cases were identified out of 1038 samples tested today.

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Enhancing COVID-19 response in South Sudan

Enhancing COVID-19 response in South Sudan

Juba – The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with South Sudanese health authorities to expand capacity and infrastructure at the Infectious Disease Uni

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WHO Representative to Namibia, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses handing over the COVID-19 medical supplies to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula

WHO supports supplies for front line health workers

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 21 April 2020

21 April 2020 — Three (3) new CoVID_19 cases were identified out of 1449 samples tested today.

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Temperature screening at Jimtilo point of entry near Maiduguri

WHO scales up support as Borno State confirms COVID-19 Outbreak

Maiduguri, 22 April, 2020 - Following confirmation of the first COVID-19 case in Borno, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are moving rapidly to h

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 20 April 2020

20 April 2020 — No new CoVID_19 case was identified out of one thousand two hundred ninety-nine (1299) samples tested today.

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The expansion of Dr John Garang Multi-purpose Infectious Diseases Unit in Juba from 24 to 80 bed capacity treatment center

Increasing access to life-saving treatment for COVID-19 patients in South Sudan

Juba, 21 April 2020 - COVID-19 cases have been reported in 52 African countries; many having wide-spread community transmission. 

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