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Podcast: Improving Health Equity in AfricaPodcast: Improving Health Equity in Africa

Podcast: Improving Health Equity in Africa

The 10th annual Accountability Breakfast by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health or PMNCH, is set to take…

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Quante dosi di vaccino stiamo sprecando, invece di darle ai paesi poveriQuante dosi di vaccino stiamo sprecando, invece di darle ai paesi poveri

Quante dosi di vaccino stiamo sprecando, invece di darle ai paesi poveri

Coronavirus 20 Settembre 2021 Più di 100 milioni di dosi di vaccino anti Covid acquistate dai paesi più ricchi del…

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Africa’s Covid-19 twist: Ready for vaccination but not enough dosesAfrica’s Covid-19 twist: Ready for vaccination but not enough doses

Africa’s Covid-19 twist: Ready for vaccination but not enough doses

By LEON LIDIGU Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine acceptance is being ranked significantly high in a region that has ironically struggled to…

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Meet Africa’s New Generation of Health InnovatorsMeet Africa’s New Generation of Health Innovators

Meet Africa’s New Generation of Health Innovators

DAKAR, Senegal/GENEVA, Switzerland, 16 September 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and Speak Up Africa, have announced Conrad Tankou, CEO, GIC…

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Where to get Covid-19 vaccine in KenyaWhere to get Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya

Where to get Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya

Kenya recently has been receiving several batches of Covid-19 vaccines as the country seeks to vaccinate at least 60 per…

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Africa: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnanciesAfrica: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnancies

Africa: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnancies

“I’m five months pregnant by a young man who works in the barracks,” says 16-year-old Elsa. “He is a soldier…

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Demographic, occupational and societal risk exposures to physical injuries in a rural community in Western Kenya: a 12-week longitudinal studyDemographic, occupational and societal risk exposures to physical injuries in a rural community in Western Kenya: a 12-week longitudinal study

Demographic, occupational and societal risk exposures to physical injuries in a rural community in Western Kenya: a 12-week longitudinal study

Strengths and limitations of this study We evaluated temporal risks of injuries by demographic, occupational and societal exposures. We analytically…

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Amref rolls out civic education campaigns to boost vaccines uptakeAmref rolls out civic education campaigns to boost vaccines uptake

Amref rolls out civic education campaigns to boost vaccines uptake

Amref Health Africa has embarked on a robust public education and awareness campaign to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake in East…

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The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How One Girl Fought to Save Herself, Her Sister and Thousands of Girls WorldwideThe Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How One Girl Fought to Save Herself, Her Sister and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How One Girl Fought to Save Herself, Her Sister and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

As a girl, Nice knew that to resist the cut meant becoming an outcast in Masai culture. Yet Nice managed…

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Health care stakeholders sensitized on COVID-19 VaccinationHealth care stakeholders sensitized on COVID-19 Vaccination

Health care stakeholders sensitized on COVID-19 Vaccination

As vaccines become available, the health care sector in Kenya is racing against time to immunize as many people as…

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