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Respite as WHO recommends new Ebola Treatments

The World Health Organization, WHO, said clinical evidence has proved that two monoclonal antibody treatments are effective for saving the lives of people infected with the deadly Ebola virus. It.

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Life Expectancy in Africa Increases Nearly 10 Years — WHO Report

Life expectancy in Africa rose by nearly 10 years between 2000 and 2019, from 46 to 56 years, according to the World Health Organization, WHO’s State of Health in Africa.

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Biontech To Soon Start Mrna Vaccine Factory Construction in Rwanda

COVID-19 vaccine maker, BioNTech said construction of an mRNA vaccine factory to enable African nations to jump-start their own manufacturing network would start on June 23 in Rwanda. The groundbreaking.

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WHO Chief Tedros Reappointed to Second Five-Year Term

Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected as head of the World Health Organization, WHO, for a second five-year on Tuesday. The director-general received more than two-thirds of the votes cast.

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Africa objects to U.S. push to reform health rules at WHO Assembly

African countries objected on Tuesday to a U.S.-led proposal to reform the International Health Regulations (IHR), a move delegates say might prevent passage at the World Health Organization’s, WHO, annual.

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WHO says no urgent need for mass monkeypox vaccinations

The World Health Organization, WHO,  does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside of Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its.

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Nigeria and the battle against Malaria: the way Forward

Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is, however, preventable and curable. In Nigeria, malaria has become.

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COVID-19 pandemic not over, WHO warn

The Covid-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over”, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the Omicron.

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WHO Concerned Over Polio Outbreak in Southeastern Africa

The World Health Organization, WHO, says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has.

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Nigeria launches National Essential Diagnostics List in partnership with WHO

The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced the Nigeria National Essential Diagnostics List in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Global Fund to enhance diagnostic testing in.

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