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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

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Kenyan health workers from port health services screen inbound travellers for temperatures at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA/Daniel Irungu

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Heavy rains put Kenya at risk of mosquito-borne diseases

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New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected

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Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

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SA's first Ebola case a training exercise

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How WhatsApp groups support Nigeria's nurse graduates

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Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

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Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Investing in health systems is the only way to stop the next Ebola outbreak

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More than 18-million Ugandan children to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio

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Many families in the DRC can’t routinely access preventive services. Shutterstock

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation director-general, speaking on Ebola at the UN’s Geneva headquarters. EPA/Martial Trezzinni

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