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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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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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