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Formation EIRAV Kankan

L’appui de l’OMS à la mise en place des équipes d’intervention rapide pour la vaccination de riposte contre Ebola (EIRaV)

Dans le cadre de la préparation et la réponse à d’éventuelle épidémie…
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WHO and partners are working with more than 4 000 risk communicators

Youth speaking to youth about dodging bullets and Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo

A phone rings. Masika Kyavaghendi Zoé reaches into her navy vest…
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Community engagement and social mobilization with EVD key messages to sensitize people of Butsili area, in Beni - North Kivu - WHO - Eugene Kabambi

WHO reaffirms commitment to Democratic Republic of the Congo as Ebola outbreak nears 1000 cases amid increased violence

23 March 2019  | Statement   Geneva/Brazzaville/Goma | As the Ebola…
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Ministry of Health burial team assists to send the deceased off in a safe a dignified burial

WHO Obtains Laboratory results for Dead Man from DRC to assure Anxious people in Uganda

Kampala, 16th February 2019: - The World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO expresses sadness over the death of a colleague working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

WHO expresses sadness over the death of a colleague working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The World Health Organization was saddened to hear this morning about…
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South Sudan vaccinates health workers against Ebola

South Sudan vaccinates health workers against Ebola

Yambio, 28 January 2019 – The Ministry of Health of South Sudan, with…
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Ebola Survivor with Family

New hope with Ebola drug trial

By the time Kambale Kombi Vianey arrived at the Ebola treatment…
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Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Ruganda (left) and WHO DG Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus address the media during the presser

WHO Director-General applauds Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Kampala 3 January 2019 - The Director General of the World Health…
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H.E Gen Taban Deng Gai cuts the ribbon during the opening of the IDU

A new multipurpose Infectious Disease Unit opens in Juba, South Sudan

Juba 20 December, 2018 – A new multi-purpose, Infectious Diseases…
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Foot dipping in Chlorine solution at the Uganda-DRC border as part of the measures taken

JOINT RELEASE: Clarification on alleged Ebola death in Kabarole District.

Kampala, 28 November 2018 - Following media stories on the alleged…
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