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In a bold move to combat childhood vulnerability to preventable diseases, Save the Children's Immunisation Accelerator has ...
The WCO Ethiopia’s support, both technically and financially, was highly significant in the coordination, supervision, and monitoring activities. Ethiopia has initially launched a polio vaccination ...
It is pausing a program we lead that provides more than 400,000 polio vaccinations every month in African countries, putting nearly 4 million children at risk of death and disability.
Polio is a highly infectious, debilitating disease which affects children and causes permanent paralysis. Polio is not curable, and can only be prevented by vaccination. Families and communities ...
Vaccine hesitancy, unequal access to healthcare and long-lasting disruptions caused by the pandemic are factors behind the ...
Tropis, which has been used to administer polio vaccinations to more than 10 million children, is the first and only needle-free ID delivery technology to achieve WHO prequalification.
Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented.
Across Africa, there were more than 400 cases of polio last year linked to the oral vaccine, including Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Zambia. Credit: AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File ...
The United States has joined the World Health Organization’s list of countries where polio is circulating owing to the spread of vaccine-derived virus in New York, the Centers for Disease ...
Polio is a highly infectious, ... Countries launch synchronized cross border campaign to fight against polio: Somali region of Ethiopia alone to vaccinate over half million under 5 children ...