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COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak
COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak COVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as...
Read moreNine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal
As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of Africa’s 54...
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Uganda Marks Global Road Safety Week
Uganda Marks Global Road Safety Week Damba Rogers Uganda has joined the rest of the world in marking the 6th...
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Greta Thunberg, Climate and Environment Activist call For Vaccine Equity
Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity Greta Thunberg, the climate and environment activist,...
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Ghana Became The First Country in Africa to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
Today, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility. This is...
Read moreAfrica needs timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines
Brazzaville – While the development and approval of safe and effective vaccines less than a year after the emergence of COVID-19 is...
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WHO Issues its First Emergency use Validation For a COVID-19 Vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the...
Read moreWHO Launches Year-Long Campaign to Help 100 Million People Quit Tobacco
WHO Launches Year-Long Campaign to Help 100 Million People Quit Tobacco WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World...
Read moreWHO Appoints co-chairs of Independent Commission on Sexual Misconduct During The Ebola Response in North DRC
AWHO appoints co-chairs of Independent Commission on sexual misconduct during the Ebola response in North Kivu and Ituri, the Democratic...
Read moreWHO to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Exploitation in Ebola Response in the DRC
WHO to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Geneva...
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