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    The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 2 February 2023. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
    Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO 
    A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
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    By Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

    A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago
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    Kenyan health workers from port health services screen inbound travellers for temperatures at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA/Daniel Irungu
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