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Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021

Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021

Brazzaville – As the COVAX Facility is forced to slash planned COVID-…
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Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Guinea declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Brazzaville/Conakry – Guinea today declared the end of the Marburg…
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Breastfeeding mother

Ghana launches National Breastfeeding Week

The World Health Organization has joined the Ministry of Health, the…
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Participants group photo at the end of the EIOS training in Monrovia

Liberia Concludes Three-Day Training to Strengthen Event Based Surveillance through Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS)

Monrovia,10th September 2021: To better detect acute public health…
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During the debriefing session on TB Programmatic findings

Eritrea- Green Light Committee Monitoring Mission 2021

The Green Light Committee (GLC) Initiative, together with the Working…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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The Ambassador of the United States to Sierra Leone (right) and the Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation (Left) at the official handing over event of the vaccine

Sierra Leone receives 113,490 Pfizer vaccines donated by the US Government via COVAX Facility

Joint Press Release Freetown, Monday, 13th September 2021 – The…
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COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

Brazzaville – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20%—…
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Minister Edwin Dikoloti and his delegation visiting the COVID-19 isolation facilities at Scottish Livingstone Hospital

International critical care specialists deployed to assist the COVID-19 response in Botswana

07 September 2021, Molepolole: The Scottish Livingstone Hospital in…
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