The 10 latest articles on Vaccines & Prophylaxis come from 4 sources, published between Nov 8 and Nov 12. Most come from @WHOAFRO (7).
People in these stories: Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero (2), Nonhlanhla Dlamini (2), Thabani Maphosa (2)
Organizations: UNICEF (6), World Health Organization (5), Ministry of Health (4), Vaccine Alliance (3), WHO (3)
Places: Africa (8), Gavi (6), Uganda (3), South (2), America (2), Ghana (2)
By Newswire Editorial Nearly 7,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year, with health authorities warning of a further increase in infections due to the prevailing monsoon rains and the…
Research led by The Pirbright Institute suggests germ-free (GF) eggs can dramatically increase yellow fever vaccine yields while eliminating the risk of internal microbial contamination. Writing in the journal Vaccine X, the team demonstrate how GF eggs can produce substantially…
29 April 2022 | Feature Story | Reading time: 3 min Ghana finds success in COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns Accra – Ghana, the first country in the world to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility, kicked off its vaccination drive on 1 March 2021, making its rollout…
12 June 2023 | News Release | Reading time: 4 min Uganda Launches National Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign Lira. Uganda has embarked on a national program to safeguard its at-risk population against the devastating impact of yellow fever through a comprehensive vaccination campaign. With the…
Factsheet Key Facts Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease, primarily transmitted by day-biting mosquitoes. Twenty-seven African countries and 13 Latin American countries are classified as high-risk for yellow fever outbreaks. The potential for international spread to unaffected regions remains a…
15 March 2024 | News Release | Reading time: 3 min Life-saving yellow fever vaccine approved for introduction into Ethiopia’s routine immunization programme Addis Ababa, 2024: Ethiopia has approved the inclusion of yellow fever vaccine into the country’s routine immunization schedule after a meeting of the…
25 October 2023 | News Release | Reading time: 4 min The Yellow Fever Sub-National Risk Analysis Finding Conveys the relative risks of regions in Ethiopia: WHO organizes the dissemination workshop More pictures The Yellow Fever sub-national risk analysis findings dissemination workshop, and consultative and…
30 May 2025 | News Release | Reading time: 3 min Uganda achieves 92% coverage in accelerated yellow fever vaccination campaign Kampala-Under the aegis of the Global Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy and with support from Gavi, UNICEF, WHO, and Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the…
15 March 2023 | News Release | Reading time: 4 min Uganda introduces life-saving yellow fever vaccine into routine immunization programme The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children against yellow fever with support from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi Kampala.
All travellers arriving in Ghana will be required to complete a mandatory health declaration form from Thursday, November 12, 2026, the country’s Health Service has announced. The Ghana Health Service said all passengers travelling to the country must complete and submit the…
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