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SWITZERLAND – Roche has announced that it is expanding its collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen laboratory systems in countries that have been…
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USA — There was a sustained decrease in whooping cough cases among young infants in the years after maternal Tdap vaccination was introduced in the United States, according to the…
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ZAMBIA – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has signed a new five-year cooperative agreement with the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI). The cooperation will strengthen…
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Sudan – Sudan has contained its outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and…
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SIERRA LEONE – The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States have partnered to increase the…
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INDONESIA- Indonesia has reported its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old male returning from a trip abroad, according to the country’s health ministry. Mohammad Syahril, a spokeswoman for Indonesia’s…
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USA – The U.S. government will buy Tpoxx intravenous formulation from SIGA Technologies Inc.’s IV for US$26 million. New York City-based pharmaceutical company, SIGA said it plans to will deliver…
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USA – The Biden administration has declared a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak in the United States even as infections exceed those of any other country in the…
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UGANDA – The Ministry of Health in Uganda, World Health Organization (WHO) and United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have partnered to conduct capacity building in public…
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UGANDA – Uganda’s Ministry of Health has acquired 12.9 million doses of oral polio vaccine from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) that will be used in the second phase…
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