Visually impaired Lesotho parents say info in braille means the power to make informed choices, independently.

An ambitious November campaign to protect a million girls with the HPV vaccine could mark a historic inflection point in Sierra Leone’s journey to elimination of the all-too-common cancer.

It sounds like a small step, but it’s anything but: in July, Mauritania swapped out the five-in-one “pentavalent” vaccine for the hexavalent jab.

Faced with a shortage of doctors, Anambra State, in southern Nigeria, is using telemedicine to bridge healthcare gaps in rural communities. Local medics say the digital initiative is helping to improve vaccination uptake.

War is a recent memory for families in Tigray, and knock-on dangers from years of conflict still lurk. But vaccinators like Mebratu are on defensive manoeuvres.

The country aims to train and equip nearly 140,000 frontliners by 2028, in what leaders hope represents a transformative shift for healthcare at the grassroots.

Malawi’s cervical cancer rates remain among the world’s worst. But now the country is doubling down on its efforts to turn the tide against a preventable disease. 

Ten months into a national public health emergency, and nearly six months into a vaccination campaign, Sierra Leone appears to be winning its fight against mpox.

In conversation with HPV champions – an interview by Jhpiego.

In the ten-day first phase of the game-changing campaign, Angola aimed to protect at least 1.3 million of the country’s eligible girls.

In 2009, almost a fifth of pregnant women at Nepal’s main maternity hospital were infected with rubella, a virus that causes miscarriages and birth defects. The road to safety has demanded grit and consistency, health workers say. 

Rotavirus vaccine coverage took a hit during the pandemic in populous Zambezia province, Mozambique. Now authorities are racing to catch up.