COVID-19: Statement on the disruption of immunization services due to the COVID-19 pandemic

On 27 January 2020, Mama Bwanga, 25, holds her son, Dieu Merci, 1 month, as they wait to be seen at a health clinic in Nsele district, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Bwanga's two youngest children, sons Dieu Merci and Mélé, 7, will receive measles vaccines; daughter Raissa, 10, has already been vaccinated.
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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic NEW YORK, 26 March...

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Al-Shabab still controls parts of Somalia's south and central regions after being chased out of Mogadishu [File: AP]
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Moi often blamed the West for bad publicity and the economic hardships many Kenyans had to endure during his rule [FILE: Pedro Ugarte/AFP]
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