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5 conditions that highlight the women’s health gap
There’s a persistent gender health gap, with women being underdiagnosed for certain conditions, compared to men. Here are five conditions that highlight it.
Data arms Africa’s fight against malaria
African nations need to tailor interventions based on the local setting as blanket approaches spread precious resources too thin. African countries use data-driven approaches to battle malaria, maximising impact with limited resources.
How easy would it be to make a pandemic flu vaccine against H5N1?
While H5N1 bird flu doesn’t appear to pose an imminent threat to humans, structures are already in place to make vaccines against it as a precaution.
Personalised mRNA vaccines: a revolutionary new approach in melanoma treatment
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Nigeria is pioneering a new vaccine to fight meningitis - why this matters
With a new 5-in-1 vaccine, Nigeria hopes to contain the five most important serotypes causing meningitis in the country.
Solar-powered water pumps reduce hospital visits in semi-arid northern Uganda
In Nabilatuk district, Karamoja, piped water has arrived as a boon to human health. But amid climate change, experts fear clean drinking water promises to become an even more stressed resource.
Gavi's impact in Africa since 2000
Through our current partnerships with 39 African countries in 2024, Gavi supports routine immunisation programmes to give children an equal chance of a healthier and more productive future.
Global Impact, as fiscal sponsor for the VaxSocial Initiative is pleased to announce the selection of seven organizations that will receive funding totaling US$ 12 million though VaxSocial – an initiative focused on demonstrating how social media…
One year of the Big Catch-Up: what progress has been made?
On 24 April 2024, on a warm Wednesday morning in Antananarivo, Madagascar became one of the latest Gavi countries to formally commence the roll-out of the ‘Big Catch-Up’. How did we get here?
Tanzania’s “big catch-up” gains ground
In the global effort to get immunisation back on track post-pandemic, the east African nation has emerged as a frontrunner.
Dozens of people in Argentina are critically ill with ‘atypical’ pneumonia. But this is unlikely to be another pandemic looming.
The Viral Most Wanted: The Hantaviruses
The Hantavirus that was identified in the 1993 in an outbreak in New Mexico and is also known as Sin Nombre Virus – Spanish for “the virus with no name”.