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Post-COVID 19 Pandemic, Ghana Joins African Countries’ Push to Manufacture Vaccines at Home
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri  Accra, Ghana – On a 25-acre land at Larkpleku in...
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Mano River Union Basin Countries Working to “Kick Out Polio” By Increasing Child Vaccinations
By Crispin Tulay Monrovia, Liberia – Health authorities in the Mano River Union (MRU) Basin region...
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Governments Must Step Up to Prevent Cervical Cancer
By Ifeanyi M. Nsofor SILVER SPRING – Jessica Pettway, a YouTube fashion and lifestyle influencer, died...
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Liberia and Sierra Leone Officials Seek to Combat Cross Border Cattle Smuggling and Transhumance Related Conflicts
Livestock holding area at Monrovia’s “Cow Factory” or “Slaughterhouse. (Credit: Crispin Tulay)
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Sierra Leone ranks among the top countries in Africa in “COVID-19 Fully Vaccinated Populations” rates
Ouestafnews – in collaboration with Awoko News. In December 2022, the government of Sierra Leone marked...
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Liberia’s West Point Fishing Community weathers the COVID-19 health crisis –and survives
Even before the COVID-19 virus pandemic hit, the people living in Liberia’s West Point community were...
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In Liberia’s Grand Bassa County, lessons from Ebola Crisis help save COVID-19 lives
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Religious Resistance to COVID-19 Vaccination: The Case of Ghana’s Anloga District
“The Bible City” “Only way out is to repent” “Hell fire is for real sinners” These were some of the inscriptions...
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In Ghana, psychiatric hospitals express concerns as COVID-19 infections rates remain high
Ghana’s COVID-19 infection rates have significantly decreased in recent times since the country recorded...
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First in the world to receive the COVID-19 VAX, Ghana struggles to reach ‘herd immunity’ goals
The season of Christmas comes with lots of compliments, well-wishes, and cautionary messages among families,...
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Ghana Still Pushing to turn the COVID-19 Hesitancy Tide
Ouestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) –Seventy-year-old Adjeley Ny3 sits on a wooden...
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From COVID-19 Crisis to Opportunity: Ghana’s New Vaccine Institute Nears Completion
Oestafnews (in collaboration with Daily Guide – Ghana) – The closure of borders, social distancing,...
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Sierra Leone’s race against COVID-19 Vaccine Shelf Life
Sierra Leone recorded its first positive COVID19 case in March 2020.  A year later the country received...
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In Sierra Leone, false rumours feed   COVID-19 Vax Resistance in the Health Care Workers Ranks
In any major public health emergency, Healthcare Workers (HCWs) are on the frontlines, interacting directly...
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In Sierra Leone, innovative outreach efforts help hard to access Pujehun District take the lead in COVID-19 vaccination
In Sierra Leon’s Pujehun District, connections between the community and health facilities are often...
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Liberia received its first donor batch of vaccines, the AstraZeneca vaccine, in March 2021
Liberia’s Ebola Experience Helps Its COVID-19 Battle However, Hard to Reach Areas Suffer 
When Liberia recorded its first case of COVID-19, the country’s health services were ready to confront...
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