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Africa: WHO, UNICEF Urge Safe School Reopening in Africa
WHO, 20 August 2020
The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said today,… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan Strengthens the Capacity of Health Care Workers to Improve Covid-19 Case Management
WHO, 17 August 2020
to establish optimal capacities for effective COVID-19 patients care, the Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) trained over 350 health care… Read more »
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Africa: Countries Need to Concentrate on Provinces, Districts, WHO's Moeti Says
allAfrica, 14 August 2020
As Africa marks six months since the first case of Covid-19 was detected, WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti went beyond speaking of the more than one million… Read more »
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Africa: Continent Marks Six Months of Covid-19
WHO, 13 August 2020
Africa marks six months on 14 August since COVID-19 was first detected on the continent. While the virus has raced through many other regions of the world, the pandemic's evolution… Read more »
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South Africa: Nation's Covid-19 Recovery Rate at 75% - Health Minister
SAnews.gov.za, 12 August 2020
KwaZulu-Natal has overtaken the Western Cape on Tuesday, becoming the province with the second-highest Coronavirus infections in the country. Read more »
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Africa: WHO Ramps up Covid-19 Support to Hotspot Countries in Africa
WHO, 7 August 2020
The first members of a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa to bolster the country’s response to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Kaduna State and WHO Scale Up Covid-19 and TB Search With Mobile Testing in Communities
WHO, 6 August 2020
World Health Organization (WHO) Nigeria has supported the screening of 2306 persons for COVID-19 and 2506 persons for Tuberculosis (TB), using Chest X-Ray, and GeneXpert machine… Read more »
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Africa: WHO Director-General Opening Remarks At the Member State Briefing On Covid-19 Pandemic
WHO, 6 August 2020
Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
Global Bodies Urge Safe School Reopening in Africa
The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said, urging governments in Africa to promote the safe reopening of schools while taking measures to limit the spread of the virus.
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The World Health Organisation has responded to an open letter by a group of scientists urging the WHO to address the possibility of COVID-19 virus being airborne. The letter open ... Read more »
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According to the International Rescue Committee, lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, with the total number ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation has welcomed a five-year, U.S.$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver lifesaving vaccines to the world's poorest countries ... Read more »
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As several African nations prepare to ease lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation's Matshidiso Moeti urged caution. This comes as health ... Read more »
Reaching communities in Chad with COVID-19 safety message (file photo).
