vaccines

Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?

But something dramatic has happened since the pandemic. There have been more than double the number of claims under the…

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UK to offer vaccines to boost mpox protection

The World Health Organization recently declared a global health emergency because of a surge in cases of clade 1 mpox…

2 years ago

Mpox in DR Congo: Medics plead for vaccines as rate of infections increases

Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the…

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Israel-Gaza war: UN agencies start rollout of Gaza polio vaccines

A video shot a few months ago shows that baby Abdulrahman Abu Judyan was crawling early. But now as he…

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Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO

On 14 August 2024, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rise of mpox, formerly monkeypox, a…

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Nigeria gets 10,000 mpox jabs as other African nations wait for vaccines

The West African nation has not recorded any deaths from the virus. It has also not recorded any cases of…

2 years ago

Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on…

2 years ago

Europe can defeat mpox, must support Africa in getting vaccines: WHO

Briefing journalists in Geneva, Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, insisted that the risk from mpox to the…

2 years ago

WHO to send 1.2m polio vaccines to Gaza after outbreak warning

It will be a “huge logistical challenge” to ensure the 1.2 million vaccine doses are deployed successfully, said WHO official…

2 years ago

Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies

Almost 10 months of war and intense Israeli bombardment have shattered healthcare in Gaza and disrupted routine inoculation rounds for…

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