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Africa: COVID-19 Emergency Committee Highlights Need for Response Efforts Over Long Term
WHO, 3 August 2020
The Emergency Committee on COVID-19, convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), held its fourth meeting on 31 July. In its… Read more »
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Ghana: Pooling Samples Boosts Covid-19 Testing
WHO, 31 July 2020
"We are pleased to inform you that after the recent COVID-19 test conducted, your results came out negative," read a text message to Benedict Abbey. "Please do well to continue to… Read more »
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Nigeria: WHO a Veritable Partner in Achieving Nigeria's Polio-Free Status, ED of Nphcda Affirms
WHO, 27 July 2020
The Executive Director (ED) of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib says, "World Health Organization (WHO) has been the government's strongest… Read more »
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Rwanda: Robots Used to Fight Against Covid-19
WHO, 31 July 2020
One of the challenges being faced worldwide is the rate of infection of health professionals while treating COVID-19 patients. 2016 statistics show the following picture of… Read more »
Effects of Covid-19 Felt For Decades to Come, WHO Chief Says
"The Covid-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis ... Many countries that believed they were past the worst are now grappling with new outbreaks. Some that were less affected in the earliest weeks are now seeing escalating numbers of cases and deaths. And some that had large outbreaks have brought them under control," World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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Covid-19 infections in Africa are about to exceed one million cases as the pandemic surges in several hotspot countries.Five countries account for about 75% of the Covid-19 ... Read more »
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The keys to reducing the global toll of the pandemic are known. Find, treat, isolate and contact trace every case of COVID-19. And while testing, treatment and tracing are under ... Read more »
