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Pregnant women attending antenatal care at a hospital

Nigeria pushes for  companionship in labour to improve maternal health services

Abuja, 9 February, 2021 - “My husband was with me in the delivery room during the birth of our second child. His presence made the labour pain tolerable.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 07 February 2021

07 February 2021 — One hundred, and fourteen (114) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4721 samples tested today.

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H. E. President George M. Weah cuts ribbon of the National Polio ECO during the commissioning program in Monrovia

Liberia Commissions First National Polio Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

H.E. President George M.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 06 February 2021

06 February 2021 — One hundred, and fifty-eight (151) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4884 samples tested today.

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Resurgence of Ebola in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Resurgence of Ebola in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today announced that a new case of Ebola has been detected in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared over in June 2020.
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Rooting out female genital mutilation in Tanzania

Rooting out female genital mutilation in Tanzania

Efforts to end female genital mutilation are gradually bearing fruit in Tanzania. The prevalence of the ritual that marks a rite of passage among some communities has now fallen to around 10% from 18% in 1996.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 05 February 2021

05 February 2021 — One hundred, and ninety-eight (198) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4842 samples tested today.

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A 14-year old girl in Addis Ababa getting the HPV vaccine during the HPV vaccine in January 2021

Ethiopia immunizes over 2 million girls against human papillomavirus (HPV)

Ethiopia has just completed a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting 2.4 million 14 year-old girls across the country in two cohorts. One cohort took HPV1 – the first dose of the vaccine, while the second cohort was vaccinated the second dose of the vaccine (HPV2), which they missed due to school closures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccination was conducted in schools, communities and health facilities from January 25 to 29, 2021.
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