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How improved yellow fever diagnostics are transforming management of the disease
Gavi has supported a major expansion in yellow fever diagnostic capacity in Africa over the past three years. The results show just how much improving diagnostics can have a cost-effective yet significant impact on immunisation programmes.
Anand Kumar: From polio to para-sports world champ
More often than not, the road to a meaningful triumph is a bumpy one.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Here’s why.
While most people jumped at the chance to get their COVID-19 vaccine, some have been more hesitant over concerns about safety. Here we explain all the checks and balances in place to make sure the vaccines are safe.
The G20 Must Recommit to COVAX
Additional G20 support can make the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access facility a success. Failure to achieve equitable access would mean more lives lost, broken health-care systems, even deadlier and more transmissible variants, and a pandemic with…
First doses donated by Belgium through COVAX arrive to Armenia
As part of its pledge to deliver 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the first doses donated by Belgium have been delivered to Armenia.
Protecting a different kind of frontline worker in Liberia
Getting market women and pen-pen drivers vaccinated is critical to tackling COVID-19 in Liberia.
Why helping countries deliver COVID-19 vaccines is just as vital as boosting supply
Getting COVID-19 vaccines out to countries isn’t just about ensuring supply – a major stumbling block can be their ‘absorptive capacity,’ or the ability to deliver the volume of vaccine coming their way. Here, we talk to Alex de Jonquieres,…
COVID-19 boosted excess sale of antibiotics in India
COVID-19 boosted sales of antibiotic formulations used in adults and adolescents in India. Antibiotics should not be prescribed to treat viral diseases. Misuse of antibiotics can result in drug-resistant infections.
Hantavirus study shows restoring forests can reduce zoonotic disease risk
Brazilian scientists have found that transmission of hantavirus, a deadly infection, could be reduced by 45% if Brazil restores its Atlantic Forest to levels mandated by its Native Vegetation Protection Law. Hantavirus, spresd by contact with…
The vaccine taxi: Going mobile in Zimbabwe
Distance and fear of the pandemic has put many parents off from taking their children to health clinics in Zimbabwe. So one converted taxi is taking the clinic to them.
Canada donates doses through COVAX – Nigeria, Kenya and Niger to receive first doses
Three countries in Africa will receive the first Canadian-donated doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine – Nigeria (801,600 doses), Kenya (459,300) and Niger (100,800) – as part of an overall Canadian pledge of over 40 million doses to COVAX
The first human case of Marburg virus in West Africa is no surprise: here’s why
The Marburg virus will be present wherever the Egyptian Rousette bat occurs.