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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

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Robotic-assisted total knee replacements a first for Africa

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Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

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Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM

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Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

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

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TB is still a leading cause of death around the world. Sanjay Baid/EPA-EFE

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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

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Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year - and it's not Ebola

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The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
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Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM

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Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa

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