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European Union funding boosts COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

European Union funding boosts COVID-19 vaccination in Africa

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) is supporting the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) to boost COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and increase coverage in 15 African countries.
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Some of participants of the commemoration

Eritrea Observed World TB Day 2022

World TB Day was commemorated on 24 March 2022 in Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea.

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Genomic surveillance assessment mission in Lesotho - SARS-COV-2 variants surveillance mission in Lesotho

Genomic surveillance assessment mission in Lesotho

Maseru – A multidisciplinary team of four experts from WHO-AFRO, the South African National Bioinformatics Institute, and the National Institute for Communicabl

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Kenyan lab boosting Africa’s genome surveillance

Kenyan lab boosting Africa’s genome surveillance

Kilifi, Kenya – Amid the soft purr of the air conditioner and glinting LED screens, laboratory technicians inside a sprawling facility on the Kenyan coast peer into test tubes and pore through spreadsheets, hard at work to help propel Africa’s efforts to monitor and detect COVID-19 variants and boost pandemic response.
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Dr Oje Uzochi

COVID-19 pandemic- health workers affirm improvements in infection prevention and control 

Abuja, 28 March, 2022 - “It’s hard to remember life without COVID-19 anymore, we have become so used to wearing masks and preventives that not doing so makes it

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Doctors working on a sample at a laboratory in Obafemi Awolowo University

Nigeria bolsters laboratory  capacity for antimicrobial resistance towards  Universal Health Coverage 

Abuja, 28 March, 2022 - Imagine a world where medical treatment of routine ailments or operations become life-threatening and stop responding to drugs.

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The Honorable Minister of Health with adolescent advocates and partners at the event.

Nigeria renews commitments to improve adolescent health towards achieving UHC

Abuja, 25th March, 2021 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says to progress on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the country recognizes the need t

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One year ago South Sudan received its first COVID-19 doses from the COVAX Facility

South Sudan marks one year of COVID-19 vaccination, over 500 000 people received full dose

Juba, 25 March 2022 - one year ago on 25 March 2021, South Sudan received its first COVID-19 doses from the COVAX Facility and launched vaccinations on 6 April

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