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Shuriah Niazi

In India’s Rajasthan, a diphtheria crisis restores faith in vaccines

A community with longstanding patterns of vaccine hesitancy was brought low when an outbreak swept through, carrying off seven children.

12 Dec 2025

5 min read

Outbreaks Diphtheria Vaccine information

Vaccine session at a local centre. Credit: Shuriah Niazi

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Vaccination team holding a community meeting. Credit: Saurav Singh

Madhya Pradesh has too many unimmunised children. Here’s what’s being done to change that

9 Sep 2025

5 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Pentavalent vaccine - the five-part jab that includes diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib, and hepatitis B antigens - is administered to babies in India beginning at six weeks of age, in order to protect children from killer diseases in their most vulnerable years. Gavi/Manpreet Romana

Why Madhya Pradesh in India made vaccinators a regular presence on school campuses

8 Jan 2025

4 min read

Routine immunisation Zero-dose children

Manju Shrivastava vaccinating a child. Credit: Shuriah Niazi

Spotlight on CHWs: meet the Auxiliary Nurse Midwives of central India

27 Mar 2024

5 min read

Maternal and child health Health worker heroes

Religious leaders from various faiths have joined hands with Madhya Pradesh’s health department to get out the message: that vaccines save lives. Credit: Madhya Pradesh Health department

Faith leaders join hands with health department to outflank measles in India’s Madhya Pradesh

10 May 2023

4 min read

eVIN, the Indian health system's real-time digital vaccine-tracker tool, has reduced stockouts and achieved an estimated return on investment of 2.91. Credit: Gavi/2023/Saumya Khandelwal.

The world’s largest immunisation programme is going massively, ambitiously digital

27 Apr 2023

5 min read

Innovation Vaccine campaigns Spotlight on innovation

A brick kiln in India. Dr Ashutosh Kumar Dubey launched Gorakhpur district’s IMI campaign with a special health drive at a brick kiln in Parameshwarpur block in March 2022. Credit: GAVI/2013/Manpreet Romana

Mission-mode: How the world’s biggest nation plays catch-up

3 Apr 2023

9 min read

Routine immunisation Vaccine campaigns

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