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Malaria vaccine launched in Kenya
Kenya has officially launched the world’s first malaria vaccine today in Homa Bay County, western Kenya. The malaria vaccine pilot...
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Nigeria’s latest yellow fever vaccination campaign targets 1.6 million people
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and partners, is launching a...
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Odds stacked against Ebola’s newest drugs
The effectiveness of Ebola’s latest preferred drugs hinges on a number of factors that are beyond the control of the...
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Ebola is no longer incurable
The promising results of the Pamoja Tulinde Maisha (PALM ) study has public health experts across the world leaping for...
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Exclusive breastfeeding is highest in Rwanda
Globally, only 41 per cent of babies were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life in 2018 but...
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One year later, DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak remains relentless and devastating
“1 August, marks one year since the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of...
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Gender matters in responding to major disease outbreaks like Ebola
Written by Julia Smith, Simon Fraser University Despite over a year of containment efforts, the World Health Organisation recently declared...
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What is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 17 July 2019 officially declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a Public Health...
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How DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak became a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
On 17 July 2019, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the...
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