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UNDP Says African Countries Face ‘Unprecedented’ Crisis Due To Ukraine War
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday said Africa faces an unprecedented crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war that…
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WHO Says Africa Seeing An Increase In Covid-19 Cases Driven By South Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said Africa is witnessing an increase in Covid-19 cases largely driven by a…
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WHO, UNICEF Warns About Perfect Storm Of Disease Ahead As Measles Cases Shoots Up
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday warned of an increased…
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WHO Chief Says World Has Turned Blind To COVID-19 Transmission, Evolution
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday urged the countries to conduct proper Covid-19 testing…
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UN Aid Chief Warns Two Million Children At Risk Of Starvation In Horn Of Africa
The United Nations (UN) aid chief Martin Griffiths on Tuesday warned that close to 2 million children are at risk…
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WHO Says Over Million African Children Vaccinated Against Malaria
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said more than 1 million children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have received…
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WHO Says COVID-19 Cases, Deaths In Africa Drop To Lowest Levels Yet
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to…
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WHO Emergency Committee On Covid-19 Warns Covid Still A Global Emergency
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on COVID-19 on Wednesday warned coronavirus still remains a major public health danger,…
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WHO Study Claims 65% Of Africans Have Had COVID-19, Far More Than Estimated
A new World Health Organization (WHO) study claims up to 65% population of the African continent has been infected with…
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WHO Warns 99% Of People On Earth Breathe Air Containing Too Many Pollutants
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that almost 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too…
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WHO Calls For Caution As African Countries Scale Back On COVID-19 Measures
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for caution as African countries curtail COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine measures with…
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UN Chief Guterres Calls For Extreme Weather Warning Systems For Everyone On Earth
The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday said that it will spearhead a new project to ensure every person on Earth…
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Warns World ‘Sleepwalking’ To Climate Catastrophe
The United Nations (UN) chief UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe”…
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WHO Announces Launch Of Mass Polio Vaccination Drive In Five African Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced more than 80 million vaccination doses against wild poliovirus type 1 will…
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WHO Chief Warns Countries To Remain Vigilant Against COVID-19 As Cases Rise Again
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned countries to remain vigilant against COVID-19 as the latest…
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WTO Chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Welcomes Breakthrough On Covid-19 Vaccine Waiver Plan
The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday welcomed a breakthrough between the European Union, the United States,…
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WHO: Covid-19 Can Cause Sufferings, Deaths Even After Getting Declared As An Endemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said the COVID-19 could cause suffering and death even after it gets declared…
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Africa CDC Signs MOU With Pfizer To Supply Paxlovid Antiviral COVID-19 Pills
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with pharmaceutical giant…
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WHO Director Tedros Gebreyesus Warns COVID-19 Pandemic Is Still Far From Over
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus on Wednesday said the COVID-19 pandemic is still far from over,…
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Pharmaceutical Giant Moderna To Build mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility In Kenya
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya to build its first mRNA vaccine facility in…
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UN Chief Calls For A Pause In Fighting In Ukraine To Allow Safe Evacuation Of Civilians
The United Nations (UN) chief António Guterres on Sunday called for a pause in fighting to allow civilians to escape…
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WHO Selects First Six African Nations To Get mRNA Vaccine Production Technology
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday selected the first six countries that will receive the mRNA vaccine production technology…
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WHO Chief Tedros Appeals For Cooperation, Financing To End COVID-19 Pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday appealed for cooperation and collaboration among countries in the face…
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BioNTech To Soon Establish Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities In African Countries
BioNTech, a Germany-based vaccine maker company, on Wednesday, announced plans to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would help in…
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WHO Head Says Acute Phase Of Covid-19 Pandemic May End By Midyear
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) head on Friday said that the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year…
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