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Update COVID-19 08 March 2021
08 March 2021 — One hundred, and eight (108) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2483 samples tested today. This brings the ...
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Gambia conducts vaccination pre-training for Senior Health Workers
The Gambian government conducted a COVID-19 Vaccine Training Workshop for senior health workers ahead of the highly anticipated vaccination launch set for the ...
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HIV/AIDS Network Offers opportunity to Advance COVID-19 Community Work in Kanungu, Southwestern Uganda
Uganda has battled HIV/AIDS for over three decades and in that time, hundreds of people have died, thousands have survived, and a lot ...
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Ethiopia launches a national salt reduction media campaign to combat hypertension and heart disease
Ethiopia has launched a national salt reduction media campaign, “Reduce your salt consumption habit by half!”, as part of the effort to reduce ...
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Update COVID-19 23 February 2021
23 February 2021 — One hundred and twenty-six (126) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5960 samples tested today. This brings the ...
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Ghana becomes recipient of historic first shipment of COVAX vaccines
Statement by UNICEF Representative in Ghana, Anne-Claire Dufay and WHO Representative to Ghana, Dr Francis Kasolo on the arrival of the ...
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Working with COVID-19 survivors to battle the pandemic
Lagos, 24 February 2021 - For Ade Ogunsanya, a resident of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos, a lapse in following the recommended COVID-19 preventive measures ...
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Community informants employ mobile data collection tools to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance
Kano, 25 February 2021- With the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, WHO is supporting government to leverage on the existing ...
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Update COVID-19 24 February 2021
24 February 2021 — One hundred and eighteen (118) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 5252 samples tested today. This brings the ...
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Vaccination campaign aims to reach over 2.8 million children with monovalent oral polio vaccines in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan, 24 February 2021 – The Ministry of Health and partners are rolling-out the second round of the national polio vaccination ...
