Vaccinators Harrison Moore and Jerry Karn ford rivers, navigate potholed, mud-slick roads, and do it all without pay.

Nobody in the DRC’s hard-hit capital wants to relive the fear of the epidemic’s apex.

Cases among children appear to be in decline, say Bayelsa health workers and experts. In fact, when Akaba Primary Healthcare Centre in Bayelsa saw a spike of malaria cases in June, the majority of patients were – abnormally – adults. …

Getting over the cervical cancer elimination line means both vaccinating girls and screening women. Rwanda’s corps of volunteer health workers are going door to door to get it done.

The Lubao Dog Market in Kakamega is a hard, often violent place. One thing chairman Jonathan Shiundu is determined it won’t become, is a hub for rabies transmission.

Distributing the four-dose malaria vaccine is a challenge for any public health system. In Malawi, vaccinators on bicycles are proving vital to the task.

Just 46% of deliveries in Nigeria happen under the protective eye of a doctor, nurse, or midwife. The government is trying to change that – and in the meantime, traditional helpers are learning when and why to bring their charges to the clinic.…

Hepatitis B is far more likely to turn chronic if the infection is contracted at birth, and mother-to-child transmission is common in highly-endemic regions. But the birth dose vaccine can block that pathway.

Health leaders say Nigeria will emerge from the ambitious drive better protected in the short term and more resilient in the long term.

Staying on top of immunisation isn’t easy if you live hours’ walk from the nearest clinic, or if you’re packing up yet again to find grazing in a time of drought. But what if the clinic comes to you?

Togo has become the first country in Africa to roll out the malaria vaccine across every part of the country.

In Katsina, Nigeria, children in nomadic communities are among the hardest to access. But with innovative strategies, from livestock vaccination to motorbike outreach, health workers are reaching children once left behind.