Breast cancer: New global initiative highlights renewed commitment to improve survival
Post Views: 761 A major new collaborative effort, the Global Breast Cancer Initiative, is being introduced on Monday 8 March
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HEALTH
WHO, others welcome Rotavirus vaccines for children in refugee camps
Post Views: 880 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: 958 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: 861 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: 830 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: 829 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: 889 As Ebola immunization scales up in Guinea, the country’s neighbouring nations are on high alert, urgently preparing
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Groups deliver WASH projects in six states to prevent spread of Covid-19, others
Post Views: 832 Heineken Africa Foundation, WaterAid Nigeria, civil society organisations and the government celebrated a seven-month project that expanded
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COVID-19: Ghana receives 600,000 doses of vaccine, marking beginning of global rollout
Post Views: 867 Ghana on Tuesday 24 February 2021 became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses
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G7 leaders commit $4.3bn to fight Covid-19
Post Views: 833 The G7 leaders on Friday 19 February 2021 committed about $4.3 billion to finance global equitable access
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