Africa health body calls on Trump to honour US vaccine pledges
Africa's main public health body said it is seeking assurances that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's administration will ...
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Nigeria, 7 Others Lead HIV Vaccine Development In Africa
The project, aptly named BRILLIANT, an acronym for “Bringing Innovation to Clinical and Laboratory Research to End HIV in ...
Vaccine doses allocated for 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox
An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday.
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Africa CDC urges US to fulfil mpox funding and vaccine promises amid outbreak
Africa’s primary public health body stated that it is requesting confirmation that US President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
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Africa: WHO Identifies 17 Pathogens As Top Priorities for New Vaccine Development
A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) lists 17 bacteria, viruses and parasites that regularly cause disease as ...
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UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged ...
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Africa: The Change in African Vaccine Manufacturing Landscape
To address this issue, in 2023 the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), and PATH mapped the state of vaccine manufacturing in ...
Washington State University program to provide animal vaccines in Africa with $35 million in federal funding
Washington State University is leading a $35 million federal effort to improve animal vaccine delivery in east Africa and ...
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Mpox vaccine allocation targets 9 African countries
The AAM principals from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), UNICEF, and ...
4 Cases of New Mpox Variant Detected in UK, First Cluster Outside Africa
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, drew global attention in 2022 during an outbreak that affected the U.S., Europe, Australia and many other countries. The virus comes in two distinct forms or "clades ...
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Hexavalent vaccine can reduce spread of whooping cough
Comprehensive coverage of the hexavalent vaccine can protect against whooping cough and polio, averting disease resurgence, writes Esther Nakkazi.