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The vaccine cold chain: A history
It's been true since Edward Jenner's day: finding a vaccine is just the first step. Getting it out into the world demands a lot more problem-solving.
Africa Vaccination Week is an annual event established 13 years ago and endorsed by African Union member states. It presents a unique opportunity for countries in the Africa region to campaign for strengthened and effective immunisation delivery…
In Ethiopia’s Afar region, a change of messenger boosts immunisation uptake
A project to recruit and train religious leaders to deliver information on vaccination has made strides, health workers say, among a population renowned for hesitancy.
From the pain of Ebola to the passion to fight Lassa
Donald Grant is the young scientist who stepped up to finish the work of his mentor who died from Ebola. He is now rebuilding the research programme on Lassa fever in Sierra Leone.
New commitment will help vaccinate 370 million children against polio every year over five years, preventing paralysis and even death, and strengthen health systems to achieve and sustain a polio-free world.
WHO and France convene high-level meeting to defeat meningitis
Building on news of Nigeria successfully rolling out a new, safe and highly effective vaccine, which targets five major strains of bacterial meningitis in Africa, leaders committed to implement the global roadmap for “Defeating Meningitis by 2030…
The difference a vaccine can make
A health worker in Malawi sees the impact of the new malaria vaccine first hand.
Saluting the immunisation workforce
Images captured by workers on the vaccination frontlines tell a complex, kaleidoscopic story.
From 24–30 April 2024, the African continent commences the commemoration of the African Vaccination Week (AVW), which takes place annually in the last week of April.
The malaria vaccine: A VaccinesWork guide
Read all the news, explainers and features from our VaccinesWork writers on the historic roll-out of the world's first malaria vaccine.
Fifty Years of Immunization Success Call for 50 More
Global immunization efforts have saved more than 150 million lives over the past half-century. On the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization's Essential Programme on Immunization, it is worth celebrating these remarkable results and…
Rotavirus vaccination slows down a major childhood killer in Pakistan
Since 2017, Pakistani children have been getting vaccinated against the major cause of deadly diarrhoea. Health leaders and workers say the effects are evident – even if there’s further to go.
