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Democratic Republic of the Congo launches malaria vaccine into routine immunisation

La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) a franchi une étape majeure en santé publique en intégrant avec succès le vaccin antipaludique dans son programme national de vaccination de routine. 

15,000 mpox vaccine doses arrive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A shipment of 15,460 doses of mpox vaccine, donated to Gavi-eligible countries by the vaccine manufacturer Bavarian Nordic, arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today to support the global and regional effort to contain the…

New funding boosts efforts to vaccinate “zero-dose” children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Efforts to vaccinate “zero-dose” children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will be accelerated thanks to new funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s Equity Accelerator Fund (EAF).

18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025: Gavi, WHO and UNICEF

Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years.

Why COVID-19 variants got new Greek names

Calling variants by their country of origin has politicised the pandemic response, leading to countries being blamed and people originating from those countries stigmatised and targeted – sometimes violently. Now, the World Health Organization is…

COVAX roll-out - Congo, DR

Democratic Republic of the Congo COVAX vaccine roll-out information and latest news.

Could new outbreaks put Ebola vaccines to the test once again

Guinea is having its first Ebola outbreak since 2016, when West Africa experienced the biggest outbreak ever seen. Could the vaccine that contained previous outbreaks soon be redeployed?

Is the colonial era still impacting people’s health today?

A new study suggests that historical traumas from the French colonial era may be associated with less trust in modern medicine and lower vaccination rates today.

From biodefence to the DRC: How the Ebola vaccine became one of the fastest vaccines to license in history

COVID-19 vaccines are set to become the quickest vaccines in history to go from initial trials to rollout, but what lessons can we learn from its speedy predecessor: the Ebola vaccine?

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