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Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO launch Health Facility Solar Electrification (HFSE) initiative to enhance primary health care services

300 remote health care facilities across Ethiopia will be powered with solar energy, benefiting an estimated 6.7 million people.

First delivery of German-donated COVID vaccines to COVAX land in Mauritania, with other deliveries to follow

Building on its pledge of EUR 1.62 billion to COVAX, the German government has donated the first batch of its pledge of 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of which will be delivered via COVAX. 

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Why Africa needs to manufacture its own vaccines

Dr John Nkengasong is a Cameroonian virologist and Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), which is working to strengthen the ability of Africa’s public health institutions to detect and respond to disease…

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Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO launch Health Facility Solar Electrification (HFSE) initiative to enhance primary health care services

300 remote health care facilities across Ethiopia will be powered with solar energy, benefiting an estimated 6.7 million people.

First delivery of German-donated COVID vaccines to COVAX land in Mauritania, with other deliveries to follow

Building on its pledge of EUR 1.62 billion to COVAX, the German government has donated the first batch of its pledge of 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of which will be delivered via COVAX. 

Funding disbursed to boost vaccine access in humanitarian and fragile settings

The funding will enable international and local civil society organisations to complement public health service efforts by accessing communities not reached by government services, such as in cross-border settings and conflict zones, across the…

Immunisation partners outline ambitious plan to protect millions of girls in lower- and middle-income countries against cervical cancer

Over the next few years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and partners will focus efforts to revitalise access to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to reach 86 million adolescent girls, rapidly recover and improve coverage, and help build…

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