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A health worker receiving their first dose on day one of the vaccination

Ebola vaccination starts in Sierra Leone to prevent new outbreak

Freetown, 11 May 2021 – Ebola vaccination kicked off today in Sierra Leone as the country takes proactive public health measures to protect people at high risk of infection in case of any potential cross-border transmission of the disease from the ongoing outbreak in neighbouring Guinea.
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New vaccination centre to reduce crowding in a COVID-19 context and ease vaccination services for nursing mothers and their babies at the CHU Tanambao-Diego in the Diana region.

Easing Routine Vaccination during COVID-19 in Madagascar

Young Sylvania Randriambelo breastfeeds her 2-month-old baby, as she pays rapt attention to what the senior nurse is telling her at the newly refurbished “Centre Ami de la Vaccination” of the University Teaching Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, CHU) Tanambao-Diego, in the Diana Region of Madagascar. The centre is the latest addition to five others, bringing the total number of such centres in the country to six.
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Group picture of participants at the global hand hygiene day program in Monrovia

Liberia Commemorates Global Hand Hygiene Day

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Abinsi Community leader, Garba Yakubu showing WHO SCai,(Benue State) the river where thy get their drinking water.

WHO supports Benue State to curb a cholera outbreak among vulnerable populations

Makurdi, 7 May, 2021 - “I was not only scared about my health; I was also scared for the well-being of three of my children admitted same time as I at the hospi

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Partial view of ICT equipment donated to MOH by WHO

WHO strengthens Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance and Stewardship in Liberia

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Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high.
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Dr John Rumunu, Director General for Preventive Health Services at the Ministry of Health addressing participants during the opening session of the Joint Risk Assessment

Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) accomplished for effective control of zoonotic diseases in South Sudan

Juba -to improve the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the other tripartite partners, the U

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WHO and regional health bureaus launch a nationwide health campaign to promote handwashing and use of face masks

WHO and regional health bureaus launch a nationwide health campaign to promote handwashing and use of face masks

The World Health Organization in Ethiopia, in collaboration with regional health bureaus, has launched a national campaign themed ‘choose life, wear a mask’, and ‘frequent hand-washing saves lives’ encouraging communities to wear masks and clean their hands as a health habit.
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