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Les officiels : le Directeur Général du Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Solidarité Nationale, Dr Ismaël Barh Bachar (au centre) entouré du Représentant de l’OMS (à droite) et la représentante du Directeur Pays de l’ONUSIDA (à gauche)

Au Tchad, l’OMS invite les prestataires à travailler davantage sur le diagnostic précoce du VIH chez les nourrissons et l’accès à la charge virale des Personnes vivant avec le VIH sous traitement.

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Her Excellency First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo with other high profile personalities who attended the function

Ghana’s First Lady Advocates for Good Nutrition

The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has lauded an initiative to mobilize community support in promoting good nutrition and called on all to help intensi
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Items donated to support Ghana's COVID Response efforts

World Bank support strengthens clinical management of COVID-19 in Ghana

Ghana embarked on intense actions to contain the coronavirus outbreak since the first two cases were confirmed on 12 March 2020.

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Community informants’ network consolidating AFP surveillance to sustain polio eradication gains in Nigeria

Abuja, 12 July 2021 - As a health worker and a patent medicine vendor living in Gubio 1 ward, Borno State, Dauda Ahmed encourages members of his community

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WHO renews North-East Nigeria’s Health Emergency grading at highest level, targets >8 million vulnerable populations for increased health services

Abuja, 9 July, 2021 - The humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s North-eastern BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) remains protracted, with an estimated eight million peopl

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​Africa’s COVID-19 surge tops second wave peak as vaccine deliveries pick up

​Africa’s COVID-19 surge tops second wave peak as vaccine deliveries pick up

Africa marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak during the seven days ending on 4 July 2021. Yet, as the COVID-19 cases climb sharply, there are signs of progress on vaccine deliveries to the continent.
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Zimbabwe tackles typhoid with new vaccination campaign

Zimbabwe tackles typhoid with new vaccination campaign

Constane Sigu was watching television at home one evening in Bulawayo in southwest Zimbabwe when the Ministry of Health and Child Care’s (MoHCC) advertisement for its new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) campaign caught her attention. 
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WHO statement on the clinical trial of CVO+ remedy

WHO statement on the clinical trial of CVO+ remedy

The World Health Organization (WHO) reiterates that there is not yet a specific antiviral treatment whose safety and effectiveness are proven to treat COVID-19. Corticosteroids and medical oxygen remain essential in saving the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19.
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