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BURUNDI – Health authorities in Burundi have declared an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV 2). This is after confirming eight polioviruses, the first such detection in more than…
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AFRICA – European Union-funded, WHO-led two-year project has risen the number of COVID-19 vaccination in many vulnerable African communities. At the start of 2022, the COVID-19 vaccination rate was less…
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RWANDA – The Ministry of Health is looking to long-acting HIV jabs to solve compliance issues among patients. MoH said that the impending long-acting drugs for HIV/AIDS are a good…
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NIGERIA – The 39th Expert Review Committee (ERC) for Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization has expressed optimism that the Nigerian programme is on course to stop the transmission of the…
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KENYA – Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), NEC Corporation (NEC) and Nagasaki University, Japan, have developed a digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children in Kenya. The digital system…
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ETHIOPIA – UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners have kicked off a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children. Announcing the news, the World Health…
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SENEGAL – President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellency President Macky Sall has invited fellow African Heads of State, international agency representatives, public health leaders and civil society to…
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NAMIBIA – Namibia has approved the procurement and introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to teenagers for the prevention of cervical cancer. HPV is mainly transmitted through sexual contact…
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ETHIOPIA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that the agency is hosting a continental workshop for managers in the Expanded Programme on Immunization…
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MALAWI – The Government of Malawi has kickstarted the third phase of polio vaccination campaigns targeting children under 5 years including children who are immunized, the unimmunized and the partially…
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