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Africa CDC And Nigeria target 2 million community health workers

Nigerian government and Africa CDC are working together to recruit health workers. They want to train and deploy two million community health workers across Africa by 2030.

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This will help address health workforce shortages and strengthen preparedness for disease outbreaks. Will this improve healthcare in your community?

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