When a new vaccine is introduced, it can take concerted efforts to build up coverage levels. In Bouaké North-East district in Cote d’Ivoire, tireless engagement with communities and mobilisation of community health workers helped to boost…
A new study highlights a link between aflatoxin exposure – already a proven risk factor for liver cancer – and persistent infection with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus.
Using mathematical models, we found that vaccination saved 37 million lives between 2000 and 2019! We project that it could save 32 million more by 2030.
Solar power, a boat ambulance and extraordinary efforts by the district health office mean that getting vaccinated is finally in relatively easy reach for residents of Dek Island.