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Africa: WHO Encouraged by South Africa's Declining Covid-19 Trend
WHO, 18 September 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) commends the government of South Africa for its determined efforts that have helped to bend the COVID-19 pandemic curve. WHO is greatly… Read more »
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Africa: Keep Health Workers Safe to Keep Patients Safe - WHO
WHO, 17 September 2020
17 September 2020 | GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on governments and health care leaders to address persistent threats to the health and safety of… Read more »
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Uganda: Ministry of Health and WHO Respond to Covid-19 Infection Spike in Amuru Prison
WHO, 14 September 2020
Amuru Prison is just like any other prisons facility in Uganda with prisoners going about their daily chores and routines under the watchful eyes of wardens. The situation has been… Read more »
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WHO, 14 September 2020
Your Excellency Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Read more »
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Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Regional Committee of the WHO European Region
WHO, 14 September 2020
Your Royal Highness, Crown Princess Mary, Read more »
Safeguard Health Workers to Protect Patients, WHO Urges
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on governments and health care leaders to address persistent threats to the health and safety of health workers and patients. "The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded all of us of the vital role health workers play to relieve suffering and save lives," said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. "No country, hospital, or clinic can keep its patients safe unless it keeps its health workers safe. WHO's Health Worker Safety Charter is a step towards ensuring that health workers have safe working conditions, the training, the pay, and the respect they deserve." The pandemic has also highlighted the extent to which protecting health workers is key to ensuring a functioning health system and a functioning society.
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With several African countries now expanding COVID-19 testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have ... Read more »
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While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
The now-closed 60-bed Khayelitsha Field Hospital was developed by MSF to support the nearby Khayelitsha District Hospital to cope with the pressures of peak COVID-19 transmission in the Western Cape in South Africa (file photo).
