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U.S. Govt Delegation Visits Liberia to Learn First-hand Lessons from COVID-19 Fight

After being included as one of the first three African countries to achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) goal of vaccinating 70% of its population against COVID-19, the United States.

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WHO Hails Nigeria Over UN Peace-Keeping Role

The World Health Organization (WHO), has lauded Nigeria for its active role in the United Nations peacekeeping efforts. The global health body noted that since UN peacekeeping was established in.

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Ebola: Uganda Deploys vaccine To Curb Virus Spread

In about two weeks, Uganda would deploy the experimental Ebola vaccines to prevent the further spread of the virus in the country. WHO Representative in Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam.

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Uganda: UK Pledges £2.2m Over Ebola Outbreak

The British High Commission in Kampala said the UK was ready to provide £2.2m to WHO, UNICEF, and WFP in a bid to support Uganda’s response to the current Ebola.

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Sudan: Trial Ebola Strain Vaccine Begins In weeks – WHO

World Health Organization, WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday a clinical trial of a vaccine to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks in Uganda..

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Gambian Govt Inaugurates campaign to end alleged killer Syrups

The Gambian government has inaugurated an urgent door-to-door campaign to remove cough and cold syrups blamed for the deaths of more than 60 children from kidney injuries in the West.

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Africa: WHO Introduces Suicide Prevention

The World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a suicide prevention campaign in Africa, a region it says has the highest rate of suicide deaths in the world. Announcing the development.

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Uganda: Health Devt Partners Move To End Ebola Virus

The leadership of the Ugandan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other health partners have visited the Ebola-affected areas of Mubende district to assess the health situation,.

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WHO Declares Malawi Trachoma-Free

World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma—a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated—as a public health problem. Malawi becomes the first country.

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Ghana Moves To End Marburg virus outbreak

Two months after recording three cases, Ghana has declared an end to the Marburg virus disease outbreak, a haemorrhagic fever almost as deadly as Ebola. It was the first time.

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