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Tanzania’s road to the “big catch up” of routine vaccination

Manyara - The 2023 Africa Vaccination Week was dubbed “The Big Catch Up” as a clarion call to bridge the gap of the rollout of routine immunization for children due to the staggering statistics which revealed that essential immunization levels decreased in over 100 countries, leading to rising outbreaks of measles, diphtheria, polio, and yellow fever.

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South Sudan launches major push on measles vaccination

  • The measles campaign aims to vaccinate more than 2.7 million children against the highly infectious disease, and is integrated with efforts to deliver Vitamin A supplementation and deworming.
  • Between January 2022 and 1 February 2023, health authorities in South Sudan reported an outbreak of measles, with over 4,000 suspected cases and 46 deaths across the country
  • The campaign will use a combination of fixed and outreach vaccination sites, with a focus on reaching under or unvaccinated children aged between 6-59 months in hard-to-reach areas.<
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African vaccination week 2023: Getting vaccination protects all

With the theme The Big Catch Up, South Sudan joined the rest of the countries in Africa Region to celebrate the 2023 African Vaccination Week (AVW) from 24 to 30 April 2023.

This initiative is led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and implemented by countries in the region to promote the use of vaccines and highlight the collective action needed to protect people of all ages against vaccine preventable diseases.

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Tanzania Forms End Malaria Council on Malaria Day 2023

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania marked the World Malaria Day on 25 April, with top leadership of the country showcasing commitment to uplift the agenda to end malaria by 2030. The Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa, representing the President at the commemorations in Dar es Salaam initiated the national End Malaria Council.   

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Osun State residents benefit from free medical outreach in commemoration of  WHO’s 7...

Osun - In accordance with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mandate of improving public health services in Nigeria, over 500 residents of Osogbo community, benefitted from a free medical outreach programme at the Orisunbare Market in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State located in South-West Nigeria. 

The programme was organized with support from the Department of Community Medicine Osun State Teaching Hospital (UNIOSUN) Osogbo and the Osun State Ministry of Health. 

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