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Officials say vaccination programme could prevent thousands of hospital admissions for babies

Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda are some of the east African countries that have reported cases of mpox – a viral infectious disease – in the latest outbreak which started in the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2023. The outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern…

Last week’s planned rollout of doses faces further delays as campaigners complain of greed and inequality

WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday.

Palestinians in Gaza and in occupied West Bank reel from Israel’s ongoing campaigns in both regions

A health official said a polio vaccination campaign had begun in Gaza on Saturday after the war-torn territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century.

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel's military offensive there

Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more vaccine doses are available, experts say high costs and regulatory hurdles have prevented…

WHO optimistic about stopping mpox outbreaks in Africa with new strain identified beyond. Global emergency declared, focus on public education and vaccine ...