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    May 14

    Leadership at its best: WHO Director-General & WHOAFRO Regional Director in Bikoro 🇨🇩 coordinating WHOs response to outbreak.

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    May 14

    Leadership at its best: WHO Director-General & WHOAFRO Regional Director in Bikoro 🇨🇩 coordinating WHOs response to outbreak.

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    May 14

    Great meeting with HE President Kabila of 🇨🇩. Thank you for the strong leadership the Government of DR Congo showed in the response to the outbreak from day one.

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    May 13

    We are in with and WHO experts for the response to the outbreak in . Together with the MoH of led by , and partners we are coordinating efforts to stop the transmission.

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    response in : WHO is working with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to gather and test samples, conduct contact tracing and improve data collection and management

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    response in : has assisted WHO in putting in place an air-bridge 🚁 between Kinshasa, Mbandaka and affected areas, with flights six days a week to deliver supplies and personnel

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    WHO is working with the Government of and partners -including , , , , , , , & - to strengthen coordination of the response at the national level and in Bikoro

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    Very productive meeting with H.E. President Kabila. Glad to witness the Government’s leadership in the response. We are now on our way to visit the affected areas and assess the situation first hand.

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    May 12

    Today is 👉 Did you know that more than 135 million women give birth every year? is supporting countries to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective care for and babies during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. 🤱🏽

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    May 12

    Mobile lab materials being shipped to strength rapid analysis of the samples from Bikoro, the affected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇩

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    WHO teams are on the ground with partners responding to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A mobile lab is on the way. Together with the Ministry of Health of led by , and others we are coordinating efforts to stop the transmission.

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  12. May 12

    WHO DG , WHO Regional Director for , Deputy Director-General of Preparedness and Response and WHO experts arrived in to increase the support to the outbreak response in .

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    May 12

    screening at Mbandaka airport to check temperature on arrival and departure of passengers to strictly observe health security measures to fight the outbreak in Bikoro, 🇨🇩

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    May 12

    WHO has commenced preparations to conduct preparedness and readiness activities in nine neighbouring countries of 🇦🇴, 🇧🇮, 🇨🇫, 🇨🇬, 🇷🇼, 🇸🇸, 🇹🇿, 🇺🇬 and 🇿🇲.

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    May 11

    WHO and partners are working with national health authorities to contain new outbreak in 🇨🇩 As of 11 May 2018 there are a total of 34 cases (2 confirmed, 14 suspected and 18 probable cases) Latest WHO External Situation Report

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  16. May 12

    Mobile lab materials being shipped to strength rapid analysis of the samples from Bikoro, the affected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇩

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    May 11

    Epidémie d' en 🇨🇩: l’OMS () se prépare à tous les scénarios et cherche à éviter toute propagation en zone urbaine ►

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  18. May 12

    : provide care in . They are often the first and sometimes the only health professional that people see. Investing in nurses and midwives is good value for money.

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    May 11

    By the 2nd day of the in Nairobi, more than 385,000 kids are vaccinated, almost 1/2 the total for the entire campaign. Starehe & Kamukunji are lagging behind, vaccination teams are ⬆️⬆️their work in these areas.

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  20. Retweeted
    May 11

    It’s International Day! Today we celebrate and salute nurses 👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️everywhere! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

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