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Angola began a national campaign on Oct. 23 to vaccinate more than 10 million children against polio, measles, rubella and yellow fever by Oct. 27, using more than 11,000 teams in all provinces, the WHO says.
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WHO's Africa office says only seven countries in its African Region have fully integrated mental health into primary health care, while nearly 150 million people there live with mental, neurological or substance use disorders.
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WHO says Uganda had an estimated 13.2 million malaria cases and 16,000 to 20,000 deaths in 2025. Its health ministry now has village workers test and treat all ages at home, aiming for care within 24 hours.
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Congo and South Sudan agreed to share Ebola surveillance and communication data every week at the Aba border, WHO says. Aba has no cases yet, but only five of 11 planned entry points work, and it lacks protective gear, isolation space and an ambulance.
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WHO says it is scaling up emergency health operations in Ethiopia's Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions because of ongoing hostilities, and has delivered more than 71 metric tonnes of medical supplies, after the U.N. released $8.5 million for the north.
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Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on Ebola met in emergency session at the State House in Abuja on Oct. 21, a day after the country's first case. Health Minister Pate said contacts are being traced and isolated and the incident management system is active.
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The Gambia has adopted a National Dementia Plan for 2027 to 2031, the first in the WHO African Region, as the number of Gambians living with dementia is projected to rise from about 4,000 to nearly 13,000 by 2050.
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South Africa's Eastern Cape has started about 3,500 people on lenacapavir, the HIV prevention injection given twice a year, and Health MEC Ntandokazi Capa is urging young people and sex workers to come forward.
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WHO said Oct. 15, 2026, that Saudi Arabia reported eight confirmed MERS-CoV cases, including one death, between Jan. 1 and Oct. 5. The cases were unlinked; no secondary infections were found. WHO advises no travel restrictions.
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WHO says reports last week put Ebola deaths at 15 a day in Mangina, North Kivu, and that about six in 10 deaths in Congo occur outside health centres. Kenya says all 135 contacts of its fatal case are accounted for.
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