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Contact tracers and village health teams take on Ebola in Uganda

Contact tracers and village health teams take on Ebola in Uganda

Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 20 September, health assistant Nyangoma Kirrungi has been on the frontline of the country’s response day in and day out, working as a contact tracer in Madudu sub-county, one of the areas affected by the outbreak.
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Handover of cholera supplies

WHO donates cholera supplies to step up cholera outbreak response in Malawi

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Star base oxygen plant 1,4,001- Inside the Oxygen plant at Star base thanks to the support from the Governments of Germany,USA and Canada

OXYGEN IS LIFE: LIBERIA COMMISSIONS ITS LARGEST MEDICAL OXYGEN PLANT AT THE STAR BASE FACILITY ON BUSHROD ISLAND

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Regional SRHR Symposium

An enabling environment, investments and political will could change the SRHR narrative in Zimbabwe and Africa

By Vivian Mugarisi

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WHO and partners tour Ebola Treatment Centers in Uganda

Ministry of Health and Development partners tour Ebola Treatment Units to strengthen response preparedness in the country

The Ministry of Health in Uganda in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a guided tour for development partners to the Entebbe and Mulago Ebola Treatme

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Progress in polio eradication in Africa

Abuja – The African region has made significant strides in the fight against polio, reaching a monumental achievement in August 2020 when the region was certified as free of ind

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Approximately 16 000 vaccinators and community mobilizers were deployed in Mozambique's third round of the polio campaign. Their efforts to overcome vaccine hesitancy are essential to reaching high immunisation rates to eradicate polio.

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Mozambique’s polio fight

Lichinga, Mozambique – It is the last day of polio vaccination campaign in Niassa, a province in northern Mozambique, and a mobile vaccination team headed by he

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Accra, Ghana - Six months old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in the Volta Region is among millions of Ghanaian children receiving the vaccine against polio variant type 2 this month.

Ghana targets over 7 million in polio vaccination drive

Accra – Six-month-old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in Ghana’s Volta Region is among millions of children receiving the vaccine against polio variant type 2 this month. 

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