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Tanzania flags off Africa Vaccination Week integrated with COVID-19 vaccination

Manyara- Under the theme of 'The Big Catch-Up', Tanzania, with the technical and financial support of World Health Organization (WHO)

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Malaria vaccine plays critical role in turning the tide on malaria in Ghana

Malaria vaccine plays critical role in turning the tide on malaria in Ghana

While Ghanaian mother Charity Kesewaa Damoah has nursed her eight-year-old son through several debilitating bouts of malaria, his 14-month-old brother, John, is living proof of the benefits of the first malaria vaccine recommended to prevent the disease in children, she believes.
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Mothers and their children at the Antenatal clinic Homa Bay County for malaria and other vaccines

Kenya celebrates immunization as more children are reached with RTS,S

Kenya this week joins the world to commemorate the African Vaccination week (World Immunization Week) as well as the World Malaria Day on April 25, 2023.

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The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini cutting the cake to symbolise the celebration of the WHO 75th anniversary

WHO 75TH ANNIVERSARY: ESWATINI COMMITS TO THE WHO AGENDA OF IMPROVING HEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE OF ESWATINI

The government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and development partners have congratulated the World Health Organization on its 75th anniversary, and further committed to the agenda

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Marie Jeanne sits outside selling fruits and vegetables

Marie Jeanne breathes easy as Rwanda takes on Tuberculosis

Rwanda has made commendable progress in the fight against tuberculosis, boasting a 42% decrease in two decades.
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From below 10 to 51 percent - Tanzania increases COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Tanzania- As COVID-19 vaccine delivery enters a phase of integration with routine services, Tanzania has emerged

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Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children to put progress back on track

Africa needs to vaccinate 33 million children to put progress back on track

An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 to put the continent back on track to achieve the 2030 global immunization goals that include reducing morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases, an analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) finds.
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Diphtheria outbreak response-Lagos State sensitizes communities on vaccine efficacy

Lagos - Sometime in February, Kazeem Ade, age seven, was recuperating from diphtheria on a hospital bed in the children's ward at the Lagos University Teac

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