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The Viral Most Wanted: The Paramyxovirus Family
This viral family contains several prolific killers: it has spawned not only Measles, the world’s most contagious human disease, but also Nipah, one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Meet the Paramyxoviruses.
Chatbots for medical advice: three ways to avoid misleading information
What should you do if you’re tempted to use ChatGPT for medical advice? For starters, don’t use it.
How climate change could make fungal diseases worse
Disease-causing fungi are likely to thrive in a warmer, stormier world – and more of them might be poised to make the leap to infecting people.
Zambia launches major HPV vaccine campaign
Health workers and vaccine advocates hope boosting vaccine coverage rates will turn the tide on the preventable cancer.
How Africa defeated meningitis A
The MenAfriVac vaccine has eliminated the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in Africa. A new vaccine covering other major strains could be a further game-changer.
Unique and universal: how fingerprint tech is helping get kids protected in Bangladesh
Kids as young as nine months of age can now be biometrically identified ahead of vaccination – creating reliable, verifiable records, and expanding the reach of immunisation.
Why do so many people hate wearing masks?
Some refused to believe they protected against COVID-19, others protested in violent anti-mask demonstrations. Why have face masks caused such extreme reactions?
The Viral Most Wanted: The Flavivirus Family
Join CEPI’s disease detectives in exploring a viral family that has plagued us for centuries: from the historical ravages of Yellow Fever, to the rapidly-spreading modern-day epidemics of Dengue. Meet the Flaviviruses.
“None of her granddaughters will have to experience this”: Cervical cancer in Nigeria
Nigeria is about to roll out the HPV vaccine to millions of girls. Nobody knows better what that will spare them than the patients and survivors for whom the vaccine came too late.
The Ministry of Health announced today the introduction of the one-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for girls aged nine years old into the national immunization schedule, available free of charge, to prevent cervical cancer in Cambodia.
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco opened the First Manufacturers Marketplace for Vaccine Manufacturing African Union Member States.
The Government of Bangladesh launches nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign
The Government of Bangladesh, supported by UNICEF, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), and WHO, has launched a ground-breaking Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign.