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WHO and France convene high-level meeting to defeat meningitis

Building on news of Nigeria successfully rolling out a new, safe and highly effective vaccine, which targets five major strains of bacterial meningitis in Africa, leaders committed to implement the global roadmap for “Defeating Meningitis by 2030…

The difference a vaccine can make

A health worker in Malawi sees the impact of the new malaria vaccine first hand.

Saluting the immunisation workforce

Images captured by workers on the vaccination frontlines tell a complex, kaleidoscopic story.

AUC, Africa CDC, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and WHO join the rest of the continent to mark the African Vaccination Week

From 24–30 April 2024, the African continent commences the commemoration of the  African Vaccination Week (AVW), which takes place annually in the last week of April.

The malaria vaccine: A VaccinesWork guide

Read all the news, explainers and features from our VaccinesWork writers on the historic roll-out of the world's first malaria vaccine.

Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More

Global immunization efforts have saved more than 150 million lives over the past half-century. On the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization's Essential Programme on Immunization, it is worth celebrating these remarkable results and…

Rotavirus vaccination slows down a major childhood killer in Pakistan

Since 2017, Pakistani children have been getting vaccinated against the major cause of deadly diarrhoea. Health leaders and workers say the effects are evident – even if there’s further to go. 

Malaria experts call for action on growing drug resistance in Africa

Patterns of artemisinin resistance in South-East Asia are being detected across Africa, threatening a “ticking time bomb” of malaria deaths.

Major step in malaria prevention as three West African countries roll out vaccine

In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries – Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone – today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West…

Last updated: 28 Sep 2020

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