In late 2022 staff at Tukombo health centre, a stone’s throw away from the shores of Lake Malawi, were stretched to the limit. The small facility in northern Malawi had been repurposed to serve as a cholera treatment centre to care for hundreds of patients as cases surged amid the country’s worst outbreak.
The Government of Ghana has launched an expansion of the national malaria vaccine immunization programme to deliver malaria vaccines to thousands of children at high risk of malaria illness and death in Ghana.
When Baba Ruvheni heard health workers from his village talking about a measles outbreak in the country, he thought twice before getting his grandchild vaccinated.
African Heads of State and Government declared their commitment to increase domestic and external investments in routine immunization programs in Africa and consequently to prom
African heads of state today agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent following massive disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic that stymied childhood vaccination programmes and heightened outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
