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Child malnutrition in Kenya: AI model can forecast rates six months before they become critical

Acute malnutrition weakens a child’s immune system, which can lead to severe illness and an increased risk of death.

What’s a community health worker? In this Ugandan village, she’s a one-woman support network

Dorothy Kirunda is what she has to be: a health provider, counsellor, social justice campaigner, witness, teacher, engine of charity and adoptive mother.

Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks

Most states require childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps, tetanus, rubella, chickenpox and whooping cough.

As World Health Summit gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s REACH consortium deliver 20 million vaccine doses in crisis settings, reduces delivery cost per dose to US$ 2

As delegates from around the world and across the private sector and civil society gather for the 2025 World Health Summit, the REACH consortium has officially administered over 20 million vaccine doses to children in humanitarian and conflict-…

Gavi impact in Asia and the Pacific since 2000

Gavi’s impact in the Asia and the Pacific for the past 25 years underscores its mission to save lives, reduce inequities and empower communities through immunisation.

In Kaduna, Nigeria, all hands are on deck to fight an mpox outbreak

Massive turnout for the mpox vaccine is slowing the spread of the virus in the northern Nigerian city, raising hopes among residents after weeks of alarm.

Despite a wave of misinformation, Pakistan’s HPV introduction campaign covers ground

The online rumour-mill sowed doubts among Pakistani parents, but an energetic effort to build trust paid off, with more than 9 million girls now protected from cervical cancer.

The pernicious infections infiltrating Ukraine’s front lines

Doctors and scientists are waging a shadow war in the besieged nation: bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. The deadly bugs are now knocking on western Europe’s door.

Ghana launches HPV vaccine to protect over 2 million girls and combat cervical cancer

Ghana Health Services, in partnership with Gavi, the WHO, and UNICEF, today launched the country’s first nationwide HPV vaccination campaign.