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Opening ceremony_Administration of Vitamin A by Minister of State, Ministry of Health, Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi (2)

The Mother and Child Health Week integrated in the campaign on the role of Families in the Human Capital Development

Rwanda organized its biannual Integrated Mother and Child Health Week from 14th to 18th October 2019.

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Eligible child been vaccinated in Almajiri school in Zamfara

WHO supports Government to immunize ‘Almajiri’ Children in Northwest Nigeria

Zamfara, 22 October, 2019 - In an effort to reach and vaccinate every eligible child in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Gove

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Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its nine neighbouring countries endorse a joint framework to strengthen cross-border collaboration on preparedness and response to Ebola virus and other disease outbreaks.
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Blandine Kazade: The nurse who saved a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health care workers must stay alert, vigilant and careful. An Ebola infection could find them before they realize it is circulating within a patient who just came for treatment. Of the 162 health workers infected since the start of this tenth outbreak in August 2018, 65 died; 63%, or 102 of them, were nurses.
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Diagnosing infectious diseases using PCR

With support from WHO, South Sudan establishes capacities for Ebola, influenza and other infectious disease surveillance

Juba, 18 October 2019: To enhance capacities for timely confirmation and prompt response to emerging disease outbreaks, South Sudan is establishing molecular te

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Cigarette prices double following tax revisions

Cigarette prices double following tax revisions

To curb smoking and the many diseases related to tobacco, Rwanda increased the tax on cigarettes. The country joins Benin, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo in implementing WHO-supported tax reforms on cigarettes.
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Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

With President Uhuru Kenyatta leading the way, Kenya today joins an increasing number of African countries taking a vital step against a common cause of death among women – in the country and the region – by introducing the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer into its routine immunization schedule.
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Aluak Bol holding her daughter Apen Magot Mabeny

Saving children from severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan’s Greater Lakes region

Aluak Bol arrived at the health facility anxious about the health of her 18-month-old daughter, Apen Magot Mabeny. She had a fever, excessive mouth salivation and poor appetite. She cried horribly when urinating, which was reddened.
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