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Tanzanian President meets Global Fund Executive Director ahead of the 7th Replenishment Conference
TANZANIA – Tanzania’s Her Excellency President Samia Suluhu Hassan met and had talks with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund)…
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Zimbabwe links with WHO, partners to advance genomic surveillance
ZIMBABWE – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), through the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to…
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Rwanda, Nigeria introduce first serialized vaccine scan in Africa: UNICEF
AFRICA – Rwanda and Nigeria became the first countries in Africa to authenticate vaccines using GS1 barcoding technology in ongoing global efforts to tackle the…
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Zimbabwe unveils the FRIENDZ program for mental health capacity building
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has introduced the FRIENDZ program that will strengthen health workers capacity to provide quality mental…
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Africa CDC, partners mobilize EPI stakeholders to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination in Africa
ETHIOPIA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that the agency is hosting a continental workshop for managers in…
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Sierra leone hosts conference on midwifery capacity and standards
Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone, country of western Africa, has hosted a meeting in Freetown bringing together over 80 maternal and child health experts from…
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Ghana launches first round of polio vaccination campaigns
GHANA – The Government of Ghana has kicked off the first phase of polio vaccination campaigns targeting children under 5 years with the support of…
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Tanzania kicks off the third polio vaccination round amid resurgence
TANZANIA – The United Republic of Tanzania has kickstarted the third phase of polio vaccination campaigns with reinforcement from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to…
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The Southern African Development Community adopts new SADC Hygiene Strategy
AFRICA – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat with support from WaterAid and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched the SADC Hygiene Strategy…
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WHO, UNICEF establishes updated global estimates on hygiene in health care facilities
GLOBAL- According to the most recent Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by WHO and UNICEF, basic hygiene services are absent in half of the healthcare…