COVID-19: Africa mothers not giving up on exclusive breastfeeding during pandemic
As the world marks this year's World Breastfeeding Week, mothers across the African continent are benefitting from partnerships between UNICEF ...
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Vaccine inequity undermining global economic recovery –WHO
New Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Vaccine Equity finds low-income countries would add $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 ...
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WFP and WHO are launching innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities
Following the recent G20 side event co-hosted by the Italian Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) focusing ...
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Africa had its worst pandemic week ever during the seven days ending July 4 — WHO
As the continent battles COVID-19 cases fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant amid low vaccine rates, the Africa Centres ...
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COVAX commends committed countries accepting travelers protected by all vaccines validated by WHO
COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across ...
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South Africa: COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub — WHO
Geneva/Johannesburg/Paris: The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and ...
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Surging cases of COVID-19 infections in east and southern Africa
The surging cases of COVID-19 fueled by increased variants that are both transmissible and more severe have raised concerns in ...
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COVID-19: WHO validates Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it ...
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Smokers: more likely to develop severe disease and die from COVID-19
To celebrate World No Tobacco Day on Monday, the World Health Organization has chosen "Commit to Quit" smoking as this ...
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WHO: Indian COVID-19 variant found in 44 countries:
GENEVA - The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of COVID-19 behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak ...
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