COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund marks first anniversary, appeals for continued support
Post Views: 877 One year ago WHO created the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund to respond to the unprecedented show of
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HEALTH
COVID-19 cases in Africa to top 4 million, vaccine rollout underway
Post Views: 783 Africa is poised to surpass 4 million COVID-19 infections this week since the continent’s first confirmed case
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UN launches new campaign to support global vaccine equity call
Post Views: 765 The United Nations on Thursday 11 March 2021 launched a new global campaign, Only Together, to support
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Breast cancer: New global initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival
Post Views: 718 A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced on Monday 8 March
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WHO, others welcome Rotavirus vaccines for children in refugee camps
Post Views: 842 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcome the opportunity
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West African health ministers in joint fight against Ebola
Post Views: 915 Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries
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Nigeria, Angola receive COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX
Post Views: 832 Nigeria on Tuesday 2 March 2021 received 3.94 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, shipped via COVAX
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Africa: Forum calls for investment in primary healthcare, others
Post Views: 785 Africa must protect itself against future pandemics and other shocks through higher investment in primary healthcare and
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WHO: 1 in 4 people projected to have hearing problems by 2050
Post Views: 791 Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some
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West African countries ramp up Ebola preparedness
Post Views: 857 As Ebola immunization scales up in Guinea, the country’s neighbouring nations are on high alert, urgently preparing
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