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Ms Ndilimeke Mutikisha proving online training to surveillance officers on COVID-19

Health worker in massive awe of contact tracing Coronavirus workers

Ndilimeke Mutikisha, a Regional Environmental Health Practitioner for the Otjozondjupa Health Directorate under Public and Environmental Health services, is in massive awe of co

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 31 October 2020

31 October 2020 — Three (3) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1848 samples tested today.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 30 October 2020

30 October 2020 — Three (3) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1810 samples tested today.

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Fighting fake immunization travel certificates with frontier technologies

Fighting fake immunization travel certificates with frontier technologies

At the main bus terminus in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, travellers heading to neighbouring Zambia can be tempted by offers of counterfeit travel vaccination certificates. A thriving black market there sells a fake proof of immunization for between US$ 15–20, says Dr Integrity Mchechesi, who works with a technology firm to combat such forgery.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 29 October 2020

29 October 2020 — Two (2) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1725 samples tested today.

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‘Flying Doctors’ boost Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing

‘Flying Doctors’ boost Nigeria’s COVID-19 testing

Red-gloved hands gently dip cotton swabs down nostrils and mouths of people taking turns to stand in front of a tall booth, masks lowered and head tilted backwards. Inside the booth to which the gloves are attached is a COVID-19 sample collector.
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Innovating for health in Niger

Innovating for health in Niger

Ibrahima Guimba Saidou, Nigerian Minister and Special Advisor to the president, and CEO of the National Agency of Information Society, is spearheading the country’s digital transformation. He speaks about the efforts being made to drive innovation in health.
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The WR, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo opening the 3-day Review Meeting with government functionaries, Health Emergency Experts and WHO personnel in Maiduguri, Borno State Phot_WHO Nigeria.jpg

Health Experts Conduct 9th Review of WHO Emergency Response in the North-east Nigeria

Maiduguri, 30 October, 2020 - Since declaration of an internal grade 3 level emergency in the north-east Nigeria in 2016, WHO has been leading partners in the h

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