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Vaccination progress helps save millions of lives in African region

Vaccination progress helps save millions of lives in African region

Brazzaville/Geneva – An increase in vaccine coverage in Africa is…
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World Health Day 2025 commemoration in Lesotho

National University of Lesotho hosts a successful multidisciplinary World Health Day commemoration promoting healthy beginnings and hopeful futures

Roma – On Tuesday April 16, 2025, the National University of Lesotho…
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93% of Eswatini mothers deliver in health facilities, attended by skilled personnel

93% of Eswatini mothers deliver in health facilities, attended by skilled personnel

In commemoration of the World Health Day 2025 on 7 April 2025, the…
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Seychelles paving the way for sustained immunization efforts to 2030: WHO's technical assistance for Seychelles' National Immunization Strategy

Seychelles paving the way for sustained immunization efforts to 2030: WHO's technical assistance for Seychelles' National Immunization Strategy

Victoria, Seychelles - From February 3 to February 7, 2025, the…
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2025 GAVI Joint Appraisal for Lesotho

Lesotho concludes Joint Appraisal for GAVI supported immunization programs

Leribe, Lesotho – Lesotho successfully completed its Joint…
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Cameroun : des enfants en meilleure santé un an après l’introduction du vaccin contre le paludisme

Child health improves in Cameroon one year after malaria vaccine introduction

Yaounde – Ndzie Daniela and Ngah Daniel, twins, were the first…
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hedrick Barlee, with his one-year-old son Blessed Barlee, at the vaccination campaign

Saving Liberia's future, one measles shot at a time

Monrovia, Liberia - In the Kessely Boulevard community, Shedrick…
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Dr Annet Kisakye receives her award

Dr Annet Kisakye Honoured for Transformative Work in Immunization

Kampala, Uganda– The Government of Uganda through Ministry of Health…
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Mercy receives her Covid-19 booster vaccine

Reaching the underserved with vaccines is a right for all

Zomba - In the remote community of Tongwe, an island on Lake Chirwa…
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Namita proudly receives his first Covid-19 Vaccine dose

Grasham Namita’s Journey to Protection: The First COVID-19 Vaccine on Chiyampiri Island

Grasham Namita (55) gazed across the tranquil waters of Lake Malawi…
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