COVID-19
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“Magufuli funeral scenes made me imagine my death”-confesses Kenya’s Meru County Governor Kiraitu on Covid-19 battle
MERU-(MaraviPost)-I had interacted with Corona at a distance, as we continually advised…
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Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) review of latest evidence of rare adverse blood coagulation events with AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (Vaxzevria and Covishield)
A very rare new type of adverse event called Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia…
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WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people’s ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Initiative led by the world’s six largest youth organizations and supported by…
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Driving Global Health: Romain Grosjean announces his support for the WHO Foundation
Romain Grosjean, French-Swiss professional racing driver competing in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES…
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World Malaria Day: WHO launches effort to stamp out malaria in 25 more countries by 2025
Ahead of World Malaria Day, marked annually on 25 April, WHO congratulates…
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Statement of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization: Continued review of emerging evidence on AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines
WHO is committed to updating its policy guidance whenever relevant new information…
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New report highlights COVID-19 impact on African trade finance
CAIRO, Egypt, 20 April, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in…
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Global shortage of innovative antibiotics fuels emergence and spread of drug-resistance
The world is still failing to develop desperately needed antibacterial treatments, despite…
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US$ 1.4 trillion lost every year to tobacco use – New tobacco tax manual shows ways to save lives, money and build back better after COVID-19
WHO’s new technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration shows countries…
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Benefits of continuing to provide life-saving HIV services outweigh the risk of COVID-19 transmission by 100 to 1
UNAIDS and WHO have supported mathematical modelling to establish the benefits of…













