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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 31 March 2021

31 March 2021 — One hundred and thirty-eight (138) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 9464 samples tested today.

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Genome sequencing in Ebola response

Genome sequencing in Ebola response

Studies show that the Ebola virus can persist in bodily fluids – such as semen and breast milk – of survivors for months. The recent resurgence of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been linked to bodily fluids of survivors.
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Data-driven decisions maintain availability and access to essential health services during the COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe

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Dr Charity Sarpong- Greater Accra Regional Director for Health Services

Spotlight On Female COVID-19 Frontline Health Workers

When Ghana’s capital, recorded the country’s first two cases of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, Dr. Charity Sarpong knew she had to brace herself for an arduous task. 

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Better transport can save up 55 000 premature deaths in Accra, WHO report

Better transport can save up 55 000 premature deaths in Accra, WHO report

Up to 55 000 premature deaths can be saved in Accra, one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities, through sustainable modes of transport, a new report by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Urban Health Initiative has found.
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#YesToCovidVaccine: Jigawa records impressive turnout as vaccination effort in Nigeria progresses

Jigawa, 29 March 2021 - On a recent weekday, community health worker Hajiya Balkisu Yahaya bared her arm and felt the small prick of the needle as she got her f

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Cross section of some of the participants with the Minister of Health after the commemoration of the International Adolescent Health week at the Federal Ministry of Health.jpg

Stakeholders call for more investment in adolescent health and well-being 

Abuja, 31 March 2021 - “We should be recognized while making health decisions and not all should be made for us especially the girl child.

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Nurse Mary Yarda, a staff of National Hospital, Abuja receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

My vaccination experiences-recipients speak after receiving COVID-19 vaccine 

Abuja, 31 March 2021 - “Nine days after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, I am yet to experience any negative side effect and I was among

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