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Ramping up response to curb Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Ramping up response to curb Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Harare – Forty-six-year-old Goodluck Moyo* from Chitungwiza, a town just outside the country’s capital, Harare, star

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Loading of malaria vaccines underway at Roberts International Airport in Margibi , Liberia

Ministry of Health, Gavi, WHO and UNICEF Announce Arrival of 112,000 Doses of Malaria Vaccine in Liberia

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Protocol signature between WHO and UAN

World Health Organization Partners with Universidade Agostinho Neto to Strengthen Health Education and Research in Angola

22nd January 2024 marks a momentous day for hea

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The first-ever consignment of the RTS,S malaria vaccine arrives in Liberia

The first-ever shipment of the RTS,S malaria vaccine arrives in Liberia

Monrovia – The Ministry of Health of Liberia, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Chi

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Group photo of the 5th review meeting of the TB-LAB regional project

TB Laboratory Strengthening:

The Annual Tuberculosis (TB) Laboratory Project workshop with National TB Reference Laboratory managers from 23 countries in West and Central Africa, 11-13 December 2023. The main objective was to take stock of activities carried out within the framework of the TB Laboratory project.
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Cameroon kicks off malaria vaccine rolls out

Cameroon kicks off malaria vaccine rollout

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Zambia races to curb fast-spreading cholera outbreak

Zambia races to curb fast-spreading cholera outbreak

Lusaka – As the cholera outbreak in Zambia continues to expand rapidly, efforts are being stepped up to halt the spr

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Cross section of Rotary,Minsitry of Health and WHO Officials at the handing over of Polio grant to the Professor Pate

Rotary International donates $14 million to sustain Polio Eradication efforts in Nigeria 

Abuja, 18 January, 2024 - Committed to ensuring that every child is safe from the paralysis caused by poliovirus, Rotary International has donated a $ 14 millio

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