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Strong involvement of communities in surveillance is crucial to preventing the local transmission of the Ebola virus

Communities and coordination are crucial in fighting Ebola

Cibitoke, Burundi - 3 July 2019 -- Close to the border with…
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A local official receives a dose of oral cholera vaccine in Tshilenge, July 2019

More than a million people to be vaccinated in phase 2 of a huge cholera vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA, 3 JULY 2019 -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever…
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A local official receives a dose of oral cholera vaccine in Tshilenge, July 2019

More than a million people to be vaccinated in phase 2 of a huge cholera vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA, 3 JULY 2019 -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever…
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A local official receives a dose of oral cholera vaccine in Tshilenge, July 2019

More than a million people to be vaccinated in phase 2 of a huge cholera vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA, 3 JULY 2019 -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever…
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WHO intervention during the UN - development partners meeting

Universal Health Coverage identified as Strategic Programmatic Area of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework in Cabo Verde

The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) working…
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22ª Reunião da Aliança da OMS para a eliminação do Tracoma no Mundo até o ano 2020 (GET2020)

WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET2020) meets in Maputo

Maputo, 27 June 2019 - More than 180 trachoma specialists from…
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Alliance M. Honoré is in charge of the Ebola Alert call centre in Goma

Behind the scenes in the Ebola response : The call centre manager

Much of the coverage of Ebola – rightfully – focuses on the…
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Alliance M. Honoré is in charge of the Ebola Alert call centre in Goma

Behind the scenes in the Ebola response : The call centre manager

Much of the coverage of Ebola – rightfully – focuses on the…
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Dr Moeti at a border crossing in Uganda

WHO Regional Director commends Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Kampala, 26 June 2019 – After assessing one of the high-risk…
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A border-crosser in a wheelchair has her temperature checked at the Mpondwe border crossing point. Photo: Matthew Taylor

Uganda’s groundwork in preparedness bodes well for stopping Ebola’s spread within its borders

25 June 2019 - Kampala, Uganda. As Uganda steps up its response to…
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