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Public Health Consultant, Polio Hero, served in South Sudan, Pakistan,Nigeria, South Africa, Namibia and back to Nigeria.

[WHO Nigeria @WHONigeria]

Today, the WHO North Central Zone field offices holds the Qtr 1 2023 Integrated Quarterly review meeting  to review country's Key performance indicators, discuss technical & managerial issues including GPW13 & review technical, programmatic & managerial progress in the Quarter

[WHO Rwanda @WHORwanda]

Congratulations! 🥳
To you all who have joined the 500 #AVoHC_SURGE members of the #African Region. Thank you for your commitment. You are joining a community of practice & you will share your experience from #Rwanda with other countries in these times of health emergencies.

[WHO Nigeria @WHONigeria]

@WHONigeria is supporting Bauchi State, one of the 6 @NigeriaGov implementing the July Polio Outbreak Response, targeting 2,040,407 children with nOPV2.

🖼️HRH Emir of Dass LGA, Alhaj Usman Bilyamuni Othman (Chairman Bauchi State Emirate) vaccinating children”.

#PleaseRT

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

7 African countries have cumulatively reported to WHO nearly 1400 #monkeypox cases (1392 suspected, 44 confirmed) so far this year. The virus has not spread to new non-endemic countries in #Africa.
https://t.co/QPGOb5ltvz

[WHO Polio @WHO_Polio]

I met with the🇩🇪delegation at #WHA75 to discuss plans for the GPEI pledging event in October. Sincere thanks to Germany for their ongoing support, and for hosting this important event to help #EndPolio.
@GermanyDiplo, @EndPolioNow_GER, @GermanyUN @BMZ_Bund, @G7.

[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

Addressing humanitarian health challenges in Africa in a rapidly changing world, a side-event discussing finding innovative solutions for health issues during humanitarian crisis". Co-organized by @AfricaCDC, @WHO, @UNICEF, @UNAIDS and @UNFPA.

[WHO Nigeria @WHONigeria]

Every year @WHO marks #AfricanVaccinationWeek in the last week of April, in conjunction with #WorldImmunizationWeek, to showcase the importance of vaccines in all our lives, & how they protect us, young and old, against more than 25 vaccine-preventable diseases.

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

@DrTedros "WHO is releasing updated Strategic Preparedness, Readiness & Response Plan for #COVID19. This is our 3rd strategic plan for COVID-19, & it could & should be our last. It lays out 3️⃣ possible scenarios for how the pandemic could evolve this year"-@DrTedros https://t.co/ryb0QdlTqG

[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

@AfricaCDC joint workshop with @WHOAFRO and @WHOEMRO on Emergency Preparedness and Response #EPR in Africa.
The main objective is to identify key priority areas of collaboration and develop a joint plan to address #EPR gaps and challenges in the continent. #NewPublicHealthOrder

[WHOMalawi @WHOMalawi]

#Malawi is currently facing 3 health emergencies and @WHO is providing technical support to help #Malawi respond and recover from all these emergencies.

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Health authorities in #Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild #poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in #Lilongwe. This is the 1st case of wild poliovirus in #Africa in more than 5 years ➡️ https://t.co/ziQt8Abyh6

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Although #COVID19 vaccine supplies to #Africa 🌍 have risen, the continent is struggling to expand rollout, with only 11% of the people fully vaccinated. 💉

Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold to meet the 70% target set for mid-2022. ➡️ https://t.co/N5WXXJxbJO

[WHO Polio @WHO_Polio]

Wild poliovirus weekly case update from @WHO: No new case. More: https://t.co/0GIyUpnKwJ

In 2022: Afghanistan: 00, Pakistan: 00
In 2021: Afghanistan: 04, Pakistan: 01

More: https://t.co/HELfjhDuVI . #EndPolio

[Barry Rodrigue @barryrodB]

#Nouakchott. @WHOAFRO High level mission in #Mauritania for the launching of the project related to Emergency Response Teams, use or strengthening. Pics of the meeting with MoH. Presence of @SalamGueye Regional Emergencies Director for Africa.

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Amanda Gorman has a brand new poem to help us kick off 2022 in a positive way ✨

[Mrigank Shail, MD @mrigankshail]

Update on Omicron by Dr @mvankerkhove from @WHO's Q&A

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

🆕 WHO issued an emergency use listing for Covovax, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against #COVID19.
The vaccine is produced by the Serum Institute of India under licence from Novavax https://t.co/7HNKnRbCiX

[World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific @WHOWPRO]

.@mvankerkhove gives an update on what we know so far about #Omicron in #Sciencein5 ⬇

#COVID19

[Dr Matshidiso Moeti @MoetiTshidi]

During this outbreak, the #DRC was able to limit widespread infections and save lives. Crucial lessons are being learned and applied with every outbreak experience. 👏🏿

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Historic moment! WHO recommends wider use of the RTS,S #malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan #Africa.

The #MalariaVaccine is a game-changer for malaria response & will help protect Africa's children from the deadly disease.