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The vaccines are set to be rolled out in five states with the highest burden of mpox cases. They will be administered in a two-dose schedule to 5 000 people most at risk of mpox, including close contacts of mpox cases and frontline…

“The continued use of this vaccine, alongside other preventive measures such as insecticide-treated bed nets and timely access to medical care, will be instrumental in our efforts to eliminate malaria in South Sudan.”

In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which protects people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria.

All is set for the world’s first-ever mass vaccination against malaria as the Global Alliance for Vaccines And Immunizations (GAVI) opens a process for countries to apply for funding and support towards the roll-out of the historic new…

Targets 18 million children below 15 years Uganda today begins a 5-day immunization campaign against measles and rubella, targeting 18 million children –  which amounts to 43% of the country’s population. Among them, 8.2…

MBUJI-MAYI / GENEVA -- Phase 2 of the biggest ever oral vaccination campaign against cholera is scheduled to take place from 3-8 July 2019 in 15 health districts in the four central provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, welcomes G7 health ministers’ call for strengthening primary health care in all countries, including the poorest, as well as the adoption of the G7 Primary Health Care Universal Knowledge Initiative.…

An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign targeting some 487 825 people began Tuesday, April 16,  in Zimbabwe in the two…

UNICEF expresses concern More than 112,000 cases of measles  already reporter this year  'Many countries are in the midst of sizeable measles outbreaks,' WHO says Measles cases have continued to climb into 2019.…

An oral cholera vaccination campaign to protect survivors of Cyclone Idai commenced yesterday (April 3) in Beira, Mozambique. Funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the campaign will be carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of…