DRC gets over 15,000 doses of mpox vaccine
In a significant move to curb the ongoing mpox outbreak, 15,460 doses of mpox vaccine donated by Bavarian Nordic have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Nigeria becomes Africa’s first country to receive mpox vaccine shipment
Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to receive mpox vaccines outside of clinical trials, marking a significant milestone in the fight against the viral disease that has affected ...
Regulator recommends lower dosage of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children
European Medicines Agency's (EMA) human medicines committee has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty to include use in children aged 5 to 11. The vaccine, developed by ...
Five ways to tackle vaccine hesitancy
The reluctance or refusal to accept Covid-19 vaccinations can be tackled by a five-pronged strategy to addressing the behavioural and socio-demographic factors behind vaccine hesitancy. Writing in the Journal of the ...
Chinese firm’s COVID-19 vaccine gets WHO approval
WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy and manufacturing. The vaccine ...
300 million more children will be reached with vaccines by 2025
On Thursday June 4, funding commitments were made at the Global Vaccine Summit that was hosted virtually by the UK government. The Summit is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s third pledging conference and ...
COVID-19 vaccine could be available for use in early 2021
Johnson & Johnson has announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020; the significant expansion of the existing partnership ...
WHO is introducing another experimental Ebola vaccine in DR Congo
To address vaccination challenges in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has recommended the introduction of an ...
Malawi rolls out world’s first malaria vaccine today
Malawi has become the first of 3 African countries to launch the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark pilot programme. Known as RTS,S, the vaccine will be made ...
New partnership to provide vaccine access to 8 million people in Liberia, Uganda and Kenya
Gavi and partners will deploy 50,000 community health workers to serve 34 million Africans by 2021 A new partnership will bring vaccines to millions of people living in remote areas ...
