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Dignitaries during the J & J COVID-19 vaccine launch ceremony in Monrovia

Liberia Launches Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 Vaccine to Boosts Vaccination Campaign

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COVID-19 - WHO boosts Nigeria’s response to COVID-19, donates 26 ventilators and 3560 pulse oximeters 

Abuja, 5 August, 2021 - World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 26 ventilators and 3560 fingertip oxygen pulse oximeters to support Nigeria in being better

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Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa

Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa

Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the continent, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows.
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Donation of IT Equipment

WHO Eritrea donated IT equipment worth 96,288 USD to MOH

WHO has been working hard to provide continuous support to the Government of the State of Eritrea.

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Protect exclusive breastfeeding, women call on workplaces to support with facilities

Abuja, 5 August, 2021 - When Abiola Oyebode, 29-year-old mother of two living in Kubwa, Abuja, gave birth to her second child, Precious, in January 2021, she ma

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Group Work Discussions

Ministry of Health conducts a series of consultative workshops on the review of priority health research agenda

Starting April 2021, the Ministry of Health of the State of Eritrea in collaboration with the World Health Organization is in a process of revising a

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Nigeria flags off world breastfeeding week, calls for promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in the country

Abuja, 5 August, 2021 - As the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) celebration kicks off, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has urged Nigerians to become adv

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Optimal breastfeeding has lifelong positive effects to the health of children

UNICEF and WHO welcome Sierra Leone’s Breast Milk Substitute Act 2021

Joint Press Release Freetown, 4th August 2021 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization, (WHO), welcome the milestone reached by the Government of Sierra Leone to adopt the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) Act 2021.
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