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Zero-dose children

Articles related to the mission to reach children who have not received any basic, routine vaccines.

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Kenya's Health Ministry Cabinet Secretary, Susan Nakhumicha, flags off a lorry transporting cold-chain equipment during a ceremony at Afya House vehicle yard in Nairobi. Credit: Mike Mwaniki

Send in the fridges: major infrastructure upgrade to Kenya’s vaccine cold chain rolls out

8 May 2024

6 min read

Zero-dose children Vaccine safety

Malaria vaccination in Burkina Faso. Gavi/2024/Arnauld Yalgwueogo

Gavi's impact in Africa since 2000

2 May 2024

4 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Shanita brings her baby to the HOPE clinic for vaccinations and all other health-related issues. The nurses say her baby is in great health progress. Shanita chose this clinic for its proximity to where she lives. She hopes the facility will keep providing the services to her baby through the immunisation program. Gavi/2024/Jjumba Martin

One year of the Big Catch-Up: what progress has been made?

1 May 2024

4 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

The World Health Organization staff interacting with a parent who had taken her son for vaccination in Babati, Tanzania. Credit: WHO Country Office-Tanzania

Tanzania’s “big catch-up” gains ground

1 May 2024

6 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Patients wait at a health clinic in Kenya to receive the new pneumacoccal vaccine. Before the vaccination they are breifed by a health worker on the benefits of immunisation and health. Credit: GAVI/2011/Piers Benatar

2024 African Vaccination Week: 5 key priorities to get Africa’s post-pandemic health systems back on track

29 Apr 2024

5 min read

Vaccine campaigns Zero-dose children Made in Africa

Religious leaders come together to address immunisation obstacles in their communities. Credit: FSA

In Ethiopia’s Afar region, a change of messenger boosts immunisation uptake

29 Apr 2024

5 min read

Zero-dose children

Gladys Modzaka and Charity Agbodo with their children and grandchildren, Denis, David, and Nancy. They made sure that the children received vaccinations to protect them from viral infections such as measles, chickenpox, polio, and even COVID-19. Credit: Gavi/2023/Michael Aboya

The number of children in a family can influence access to vaccines

19 Apr 2024

4 min read

Research summary Zero-dose children

In the Lualaba province, health care teams spare no effort in reaching every child with vaccination. Credit: Lopongo Ndjadi/PATH DRC

Reaching every child with vaccines: a monumental challenge in the mining areas of the DRC

16 Apr 2024

5 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Gilbert Opio with his six year old son that just healed from measles. Credit: Dicta Asiimwe

Vaccination and supportive care stave off deaths in Ugandan measles outbreak

15 Mar 2024

6 min read

Measles Zero-dose children

A displacement camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Displacement can impact access to routine immunization for children and their families. Credit: PATH/Ley Uwera.

Zero-dose children are an indicator of broader inequities

26 Feb 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Zero-dose children Climate change

Reaching zero-dose children in Niger. Credit: Gavi/2022/Isaac Griberg

Zeroing in on zero-dose

14 Feb 2024

5 min read

Zero-dose children

Namaalwa supporting VHTs to strengthen their capacity to scale up village child registration to track their immunisation statuses at Kagumba HCIII in Kamuli district. Credit: John Agaba

ZDC superheroes: the consultants helping to vaccinate vulnerable kids in Uganda

30 Jan 2024

7 min read

Zero-dose children Health worker heroes

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