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Byline: Tina S. Mehnpaine Liberia is set to receive over 10,000 doses of the MVA-BN mpox vaccine, with health workers, security personnel, and the elderly population identified as priority groups [...]

Byline: Melody Chironda The stalling of the world immunization coverage in 2023 has left an additional 2.7 million children un- or under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. According to [...]

Byline: Melody Chironda The stalling of the world immunization coverage in 2023 has caused a million children to be exposed to diseases that could have been prevented. The World Health [...]

Byline: Patricia Akankwatsa Kampala -- Despite the introduction of the Hepatitis B (HBV) birth dose vaccine in 2023, public health officials acknowledge persistent challenges in achieving optimal immunisation coverage for [...]

Byline: Muhamadi Matovu The Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng, has expressed concern over the low uptake of Covid-19 vaccines, stating that by February 2024, 7,567,200 vaccine doses in Uganda [...]

Byline: Patience Ivie Ihejirika Federal government has said that about 50,000 deaths occur in children under five years in Nigeria as a result of rotavirus infection, saying vaccination against the [...]

Byline: Adele Baleta The benefits of vaccines still far outweigh the risks, experts say following the recently reported death linked to a COVID-19 vaccine. The South African Health Products Regulatory [...]

Byline: Elri Voigt Some local experts fear that small measles outbreaks recently reported in Gauteng may be precursors to much larger outbreaks. This comes against the backdrop of recently released [...]

Byline: Sola Ogundipe IN commemoration of the 2022 World Immunisation Week, Save the Children International in Nigeria has called on the Federal and State governments and stakeholders at all levels [...]

The Department of Health has noted with concern a video clip circulating on social media platforms depicting a male patient suffering from what looks like a throat cancer, claiming this [...]

Byline: Muthoni Waweru Nairobi -- At least 17,000 adverse drug reactions have been reported to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) since 2011. Chief Executive Officer Fred Siyoi who was [...]

Medical experts say it is beneficial to take the COVID-19 vaccine, as they try to address vaccine hesitancy. According to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority's (SAHPRA) Pharmacovigilance Manager, [...]

Byline: Dann Okoth The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent development of vaccines against Group B streptococcus, also known as GBS or Strep B, as new figures reveal [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency's chief described on Wednesday as 'an historic day' for [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum [...]

Byline: Raphael Ogbonnaiye Ekiti State Commissioner for Health Dr. Oyebanji Filani has said three persons have died of COVID-19 in the state within the last two weeks. He also disclosed [...]

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) said it has finalised the investigation of the 32 people who allegedly died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. 'To date, investigations for [...]

Tunis/Tunisia -- The Health Ministry reported zero COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths, said Director General of the National Pharmacovigilance Centre and member of the scientific committee to fight the coronavirus Ridha Daghfous. [...]

The results of the Sisonke programme study have revealed that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has provided effective protection against serious illness and death from COVID-19 infection. This was on [...]

Byline: Roselyne Sachiti When the first case was reported in Wuhan City, China, many around the world did not think the novel virus would halt everything, freeze life and take [...]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning today that many of the world's stateless people may miss out on vaccinations as a result of their lack of citizenship or proof [...]

Byline: Patience Ivie Ihejirika National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) has said that 10,027 cases of mild and 86 cases of moderate to severe incidents of Adverse Events Following [...]

Byline: Adele Baleta Phase two of South Africa's COVID-19 vaccine rollout aiming to vaccinate citizens over the age of 60 years is underway and members of the public are being [...]

Byline: Kerrigan Mccarthy South Africa (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/world/south-africa-covid-vaccine.html) has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older. The first vaccinations were (https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/its-going-change-our-country-south-africa-starts-vaccinating-over-60s-2021-05-17/) given in February [...]

Byline: Shelleygan Petersen A 62-YEAR-OLD man reportedly died the same day he received his first Covid-19 jab yesterday in Windhoek. This was confirmed by health executive director Ben Nangombe in [...]

Byline: Thandy Tebogo Letlhakane -- The two deaths that were reported shortly after COVID-19 vaccination started in Boteti were, according to public health specialist, Dr Orapeleng Phuswane-Katse, not associated with [...]

Byline: Olawale Ajimotokan The Federal Capital Territory Primary Healthcare Board has urged residents to ignore conspiracy theories and fake news bandied on social media about the side effects from the [...]

Malanje -- Twenty-two people presented slight adverse reactions, in the last few days, after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, in Malanje province. The head of the Provincial Public Health [...]

Byline: Deborah Gleeson Melbourne, Australia -- (https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax) COVAX, the global initiative to coordinate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in an equitable way, is crucial for bringing the pandemic under control. [...]

Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Vaccine passports are here, and they could be our ticket to freedom. [...]

Byline: Nita Bhalla Inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide could see criminal gangs trying to cash in by selling counterfeit jabs in Africa, analysts say * Police seize hundreds of [...]

This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines - from how they work and how they're made to ensuring safety [...]

Byline: Patience Ivie Ihejirika, Royal Ibeh and Abu Umodu Despite fears and concerns about the administration of Aztra Zeneca vaccine against COVID-19, Nigeria is yet to record any complication after [...]

States in West and Central Africa must take urgent action to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are accessible and affordable to all, Amnesty International said today. The organization has launched a petition [...]

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has reassured Nigerians that the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 is safe. The Executive Secretary, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said the vaccine has been approved [...]

Byline: Muideen Olaniyi Dr Mukhtar Muhammad is the National Incident Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. In this interview, he speaks on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise, what [...]

Byline: Njoki Kihiu Nairobi -- Four COVID-19 patients succumbed to the virus Monday, pushing total fatalities to 1,827 even as the country prepared for vaccines arrival next week. Health Cabinet [...]

Byline: Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur -- Vaccine developers' refusal to share publicly funded vaccine research findings is stalling broader, affordable vaccinations which would more [...]

Byline: Abbas Jimoh The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, says all COVID-19 vaccines carry a certain amount of risk and any vaccines not approved by the Federal Ministry of Health [...]

Byline: Laban Wanambisi Nairobi -- Health experts have raised alarm over a renewed risk of an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived Poliovirus type 2, especially in Northern Kenya, Nairobi and Mombasa [...]

Byline: Joseph Chamie New York -- How many COVID-19 deaths will occur before a vaccine becomes available worldwide? As with many seemingly simple questions about an uncertain future, the proper [...]

A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by [...]

Sep 01, 2016 (The Conversation/All Africa Global Media) -- Globally every year nearly a quarter of a million children under the age of five die from diarrhoea caused by the [...]

Byline: Tuyeimo Haidula Aug 26, 2016 (The Namibian/All Africa Global Media) -- OMBUDSMAN John Walters says he will work with the Legal Assistance Centre on the vaccine deaths case against [...]

Byline: Tuyeimo Haidula Aug 05, 2016 (The Namibian/All Africa Global Media) -- SIX parents whose babies died after they were vaccinated have approached the Legal Assistance Centre for help to [...]

Byline: Judd-Leonard Okafor Apr 13, 2016 (Daily Trust/All Africa Global Media) -- Millions of children in Nigeria may lose access to life-saving vaccines if the country fails to pay its [...]

Byline: Judd-Leonard Okafor Apr 13, 2016 (Daily Trust/All Africa Global Media) -- Millions of children may lose access to life-saving vaccines if Nigeria doesn't come up with a way to [...]

Byline: Nancy Agutu Sep 09, 2015 (The Star/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The Kapetwa Health Centre worker who administered a vaccine after which two children died on Tuesday [...]

Byline: Dr. Joseph Kamugisha Aug 03, 2015 (The New Times/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Measles is an illness resulting from infection with the measles virus. Once among the [...]