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Making Vaccines Work

News and features on the organisations and people around the world working to get vaccines to the people that need them.

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Infection vs vaccination: which really raises autoimmune disease risk?

30 Mar 2026

6 min read

Vaccine information Research summary

Participants in the mid-level professional training on cold chain maintenance. Credit: JSI

The heart of the machine: people are the secret ingredient of a high-functioning cold chain

30 Mar 2026

5 min read

Cold chain

Managers at EPSS in Addis Ababa move vaccine stocks inside a central cold room. Credit: Moses Havyarimana

The cold chain relies on technicians. It works better when they can rely on each other

24 Mar 2026

3 min read

Cold chain

A view of the Gandhi hospital in Tehran, destroyed by a US-Israel airstrike on March 7. Abedin Taherkenareh/AAP

Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?

18 Mar 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

Young woman smiling, looking in the mirror. Photo by Galina Kondratenko on Unsplash

Could acne be prevented with a vaccine?

10 Mar 2026

6 min read

Vaccine information Research summary

Akullu Hellen, a nursing assistant at Apac hospital. Gavi/2025/Jjumba Martin

7 ways gender inequality still blocks access to life-saving vaccines

4 Mar 2026

6 min read

International Women's Day Gender equality

HPV vaccine. Gavi/2025/Wilson Photographer

Four in ten cancers are preventable, says WHO

3 Feb 2026

3 min read

HPV Research summary

Routine measles vaccination at the Umer Health Center in Shire Inda Selassie, Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Gavi/2024/Mulugeta Ayene

What does it mean to lose ‘measles-free’ status and can countries get it back?

28 Jan 2026

6 min read

Measles Spotlight on measles Explainer

COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 12-14 in India in March 2022. According to Gagandeep Kang, vaccines are key to protecting the vulnerable and preventing future pandemics in the country. Copyright: Suyash Dwivedi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Q&A: ‘India must ready tools to prevent virus outbreaks’

26 Jan 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Pandemic preparedness Rotavirus

Virus snowflakes. Ed Hutchinson, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, CC BY-SA

The twelve viruses of Christmas

18 Dec 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Routine immunisation

A vaccinator administers TCV during Bangladesh’s introduction campaign in fall 2025. Credit: TyVAC

Reaching 80 million children with typhoid conjugate vaccines

16 Dec 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts Typhoid

A young man drinking raw date palm juice on the outskirts of Sylhet city. Credit: CEPI

Closing in on protection against deadly Nipah virus

11 Dec 2025

6 min read

Cross-posts Nipah

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