Stories from the community

Features from VaccinesWork’s team of writers across the world, telling the stories behind the headlines.

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Community Health Worker, Esther O. Daniel, prepares a vaccine at Kuchigoro. Credit: Adnan Ahmad

"The mother of all campaigns": inside Nigeria’s 100 million child vaccine drive

30 Oct 2025

10 min read

Routine immunisation

A mother awaits as her child receives treatment at Inkosuk village in Kajiado County during Entepesi Kenya's medical camp. Credit: Susan Methamo

How a 12-day health pop-up gave families a chance to catch up on care in Kenyan Maasailand

28 Oct 2025

5 min read

Routine immunisation Zero-dose children

In Togokomé, southern Togo, a mother holds her child as they receive the malaria vaccine, now part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization. Credit: Nephthali Ledy

Togo introduces the malaria vaccine: a health milestone

24 Oct 2025

6 min read

Malaria

To tackle vaccine inequity, the Katsina State Government sends health workers on motorcycles to nomadic camps scattered across the state. Credit: Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency (KSPHCA)

Katsina’s nomadic children are always on the move. But so are the vaccines they need

23 Oct 2025

6 min read

Zero-dose children

Josephine Mpundu and her baby at Chongwe Health Centre. Credit: Fiske Nyirongo

A shot at survival: Zambia prepares to roll out malaria vaccination

22 Oct 2025

4 min read

Malaria Spotlight on malaria

Sister Thuli Magagula checking vaccine potency at Nkonjwa clinic. Credit: Mpendulo Dlamini, Health Promotion Unit

De-witched: battling magic, misinformation and measles in Eswatini

21 Oct 2025

5 min read

Health worker heroes Measles

Madanala Giridhar Rao exercises with a stress ball as advised by doctors to improve blood flow to his arm and keep the vein used for dialysis strong. Credit: Kanika Gupta

A mysterious kidney disease is sweeping rural India. Here's what we know.

20 Oct 2025

5 min read

A Mali Red Cross volunteer helps local health authorities run a vaccine outreach session in Selingue health area to immunize zero-dose and under-vaccinated children. Photo: Mali Red Cross

Reaching the unreached: Mali Red Cross teams go the last mile to ensure children get life-saving vaccines

17 Oct 2025

6 min read

Cross-posts Routine immunisation Zero-dose children

Left: A section of the Ala River, a river seen to cause bilharzia. Right: Olanike Oladipupo, the Ondo State Controller of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Credit: Adetokunbo Abiola

How a bilharzia treatment drive in Ondo state controlled the parasite and calmed the community

16 Oct 2025

6 min read

Outbreaks Zero-dose children

Mombasa County health officers use a van mounted with a fogging machine to fumigate the streets of Mombasa, to tackle the mosquitoes that spread Chikungunya and other diseases. Credit: Diana Wanyonyi

Chikungunya, spreading fast this year, visits Mombasa for a third time

16 Oct 2025

5 min read

Climate change Chikungunya

With the help of a megaphone, Rahuma Namata mobilises the community to encourage attendance at a vaccination session. She volunteers as part of the Zero-dose Immunization Program (ZIP) programme. Credit: Gavi/2024/Jjumba Martin

From offering access to pursuing equity

15 Oct 2025

5 min read

Zero-dose children Gender equality

Youth champions Paddington Shamboko, Tafadzwa Murenga, Tapiwanashe Nyezana and Tatenda Muza on an outreach. Credit: Zvandiri and Kuwadzana Polyclinic

In Zimbabwe, youth champions are taking the fight to cervical cancer

14 Oct 2025

6 min read

Health worker heroes HPV Gender equality

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