Zero-dose children

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

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A member of the Fathers’ Club assesses the nutritional status of a young child in Koukiri. Credit: Edna Fleure

In a Benin village, the Fathers’ Club is redefining family roles for the sake of child health

1 May 2025

5 min read

Gavi's impact in Africa since 2000

30 Apr 2025

4 min read

Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Cameroon's health workers are going the extra mile to administer vaccines in Eyomunjock. Credit: Courtesy of Ghangha

In Cameroon’s rugged Eyumojock, reaching the unimmunised is an uphill battle

15 Apr 2025

4 min read

Zero-dose children

As a frontline immunisation worker, Irin Taher Piku, 29, bravely faces the challenges of each day, encouraging people to get vaccinated and providing other health information. She hopes to continue working at the grassroots level where people need health workers like her who can explain everything with patience and care. Credit: Gavi/Ashraful Arefin

Health beyond bias: frontline workers tackle prejudice in medical care

8 Apr 2025

7 min read

Zero-dose children Gender equality

Health officials inspecting the vaccine fridge during the launch of the vaccine store at Suba west sub county vaccine store on Mfangano Island. Credit: Vaccines Kenya

On an island in Lake Victoria, a new vaccine storage facility is saving lives

8 Apr 2025

4 min read

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Augustin Kola attending a vaccination session in Binah, northern Togo. Credit: Nephthali Messanh Ledy

This Togo vaccine champion is transforming community perceptions of immunisation

19 Feb 2025

4 min read

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Young mothers accompanied by Traditional Birth Attendants waiting for their babies to be vaccinated at the Kopsiro Model Health Center. Credit: Pius Sawa

In western Kenya, traditional birth attendants become vaccine champions

12 Feb 2025

6 min read

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Launch of drone vaccine deliveries in the Vangaindrano District, Atsimo-Atsinanana Region, on 15 November 2024. Credit: PSI Madagascar

Drone-borne vaccines make landfall in southwestern Madagascar

11 Feb 2025

5 min read

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Using DHIS2 to Reach Zero-Dose and Under-Immunized Children in Mozambique

6 Feb 2025

6 min read

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Zero-Dose Learning Hub: Key resources produced on advancing equity through evidence

29 Jan 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Zero-dose children Routine immunisation

Sibongile Mukwananzi, a village health worker in Marange, Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe

Meet the Zimbabwean health worker helping mothers in a religious sect to protect their kids

29 Jan 2025

6 min read

Health worker heroes Zero-dose children

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

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