Health
Africa's largest polio vaccination drive since 2020 targets 21 million children
Exercise comes in response to 14 detections in Niger, Chad and the Central African Republic
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Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children to put progress back on track
African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week (24每30 April) theme is ※The Big Catch-Up§, to reach kids who missed vaccinations, and to restore and strengthen routine immunization programmes
Health
Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak
Last patient was released from care on 30 November when the 42-day countdown to the end of the outbreak began
Health
Tackling emerging anti-malarial drug resistance in Africa
A new WHO strategy builds on lessons learned from past global plans and complements existing strategies
coronavirus
COVID-19 deaths in African region to fall by nearly 94% in 2022
World Health Organization analysis is based on new modelling
Health
Africa＊s fight against TB: the gains and the challenges
What is hindering Africa＊s efforts to eradicate tuberculosis?
coronavirus
Driving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ghana＊s hard-to-reach communities
Ghana was the first country in the world to receive vaccines through COVAX in late February.
Health
Ghana receives COVID-19 vaccinations
First historic shipment from international COVAX facility
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Massive AIDS campaign gears up
But financing for treatment remains short of needs
