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The jump in measles cases in 2023 is 'very concerning' says WHO official
NPR· 20 minutes ago"It's the usual human thing that no one does anything until the problem starts. It's really hard to sell prevention." Last year a coalition including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ...
Sierra Leone Introduces Malaria Vaccine
World Health Organization· 5 days agoOn World Malaria Day, Sierra Leone officially launches the introduction and rollout of 550 000 RTS’S WHO approved vaccine procured by UNICEF with funding from GAVI, becoming ...
Big Catch-Up: WHO and partners support immunization campaign in Syria
World Health Organization· 2 hours agoPhoto credit: WHO Syria23 April 2024, Damascus, Syria – Syria’s first round of its Big Catch-Up vaccination activity began this week. The 10-day initiative was launched by the Syrian Ministry ...
West Africa's Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria vaccination
Reuters via AOL· 4 days agoThe three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine...
Vaccines saved more than 50 million lives in Africa over 50 years, research shows
Daily Telegraph· 5 days agoThe vaccines have been made available through the WHO’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation...
Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem
Associated Press via AOL· 5 days agoSome of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years
World Health Organization· 5 days agoA major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have...
'Life-saving rollout' of solar-powered refrigerators transform health care around the world:...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"There's been quite a lot of innovation in the space over the last decade or so, which has really...
Barcelona rebuild handed blow after Robert Lewandowski decision
90min· 9 hours agoBarcelona may have to look elsewhere if they are to raise funds this summer, with 35-year-old Robert...
WHO and France convene high-level meeting to defeat meningitis
World Health Organization· 3 days agoGlobal leaders highlight the need to defeat meningitis – a leading cause of disability – at a...