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COVID-19 pandemic slows progress against tuberculosis

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Download logoThe COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to health services has seen an increase in tuberculosis deaths in Africa, the first such rise in more than...

Up to 75,000 people living in a remote camp in eastern...

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Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children - living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province...

Video News Release: WHO Africa COVID-19 online press briefing

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Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/8jZz1QrGtWgDistributed by APO Group on behalf of WHO Regional Office for Africa. Source South Africa Today Africa – Central Africa Congo News

Africa cuts HIV infections, deaths but key targets still elusive

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Africa has made significant progress against HIV over the past decade, reducing new infections by 43% and nearly halving AIDS-related deaths. However, the continent...

Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in South Sudan Visits Flood-affected Areas and Warns...

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Download logoThe Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in South Sudan, Arafat Jamal, recently met with flood-affected people in Jonglei and Unity states. He warns of...

UN Allocates $40 Million from Emergency Funds to Humanitarian Response in...

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Download logoUN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths today allocated US$25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection...

Madagascar: Solidarity Urgently Needed as the Climate Crisis Threatens the Lives...

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Download logoThe Humanitarian Coordinator for Madagascar, Issa Sanogo, today called on the international community to urgently increase its support to people facing severe hunger...

UN allocates $13M from CERF for response to flooding in South...

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Download logoEmergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths has allocated $13 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to large-scale flooding...

Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise in...

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Download logoAfrican countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the...

WFP Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Humanitarian Operations in northern Ethiopia

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Download logoThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) calls on all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to respect humanitarian operations and assets...