UN continues polio vaccination in northern Gaza
12 september 2024 - 05:20:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] Full text...
Childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023: UN agencies
15 july 2024 - 05:04:12New York, US (PANA) - Immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection [...] Full text...
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New global campaign boosts lifesaving vaccines
25 april 2024 - 06:38:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies alongside the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the global vaccine alliance Gavi [...] Full text...
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Diphtheria outbreak in Guinea
19 october 2023 - 06:54:35Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A diphtheria outbreak in Guinea has killed 58 people, amid hundreds of reported cases – many [...] Full text...
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WHO reports unusual increase in cases of ditptheriain Nigeria
14 september 2023 - 19:09:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The WHO said in a release issued Thursday that Nigeria has recorded an unusual increase in cases [...] Full text...
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Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide (Embargoed until 00:01 GMT / 02:01 CEST 18 July 2023)
17 july 2023 - 18:48:47Geneva/New York (PANA) - Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC urges steady health preparedness amid growing outbreaks
16 july 2023 - 19:40:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A deadlier pandemic than the coronavirus will reappear after seven years and countries must prepare adequately, [...] Full text...
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African Vaccination Week, World Immunization Week kick off
24 april 2023 - 07:12:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...
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African leaders call for urgent action to revitalise routine immunization
21 february 2023 - 06:18:11Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ‒ African heads of state have agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres
24 september 2022 - 11:52:32New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk
15 july 2022 - 19:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic widens routine immunization gaps in Africa
29 july 2021 - 14:51:56Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Around 7.7 million children in Africa missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and [...] Full text...
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Decline in routine childhood vaccinations, another pandemic fallout
15 july 2021 - 05:37:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major backsliding in childhood vaccinations, with 23 million children worldwide [...] Full text...
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Institutional mistrust retards child vaccination progress in Africa, new study
01 may 2021 - 10:07:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child [...] Full text...
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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
27 april 2021 - 05:15:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of risk of major measles outbreaks as countries delay vaccination drives
23 april 2021 - 05:14:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning of risk of major [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO concerned about shortage of children's vaccines in Libya
06 november 2020 - 11:31:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have expressed "extreme concern" [...] Full text...
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WHO concerned with failing stock of four vaccines for children in Libya
17 october 2020 - 00:07:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Friday that four vaccines for children were being withdrawn while [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF warn of decline in vaccinations during COVID-19
15 july 2020 - 16:11:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday of "an alarming [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization
23 may 2020 - 06:45:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting [...] Full text...
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80 million children under one at risk of other diseases as COVID-19 disrupts routine vaccination efforts
22 may 2020 - 18:36:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children – in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 250,000 Libyan children at risk of disease due to lack of vaccines - UNICEF and WHO
19 may 2020 - 17:42:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "More than a quarter of a million children under the age of one in Libya are [...] Full text...
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Child vaccinations down in DR Congo and COVID-19 is not helping matters - UNICEF
16 may 2020 - 07:29:31Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Hard-fought gains in immunization coverage at risk without critical health services, warns WHO
23 april 2020 - 19:54:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Central African countries agree to increase national immunization coverage rates to average of 90 pct.
18 october 2019 - 22:49:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Ten Central African countries agreed here Friday to increase their current immunization coverage rate from an [...] Full text...
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‘Complacency’ a factor in stagnating global vaccination rates, warn UN health chiefs
16 july 2019 - 05:57:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in 10 children –almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict, cost and complacency. According [...] Full text...
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Vaccination rate estimated at 95 per cent in Rwanda
07 may 2019 - 11:31:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda maintains an estimated immunization rate of 95 pc, as part of its national immunization campaign, [...] Full text...
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Senegal to eradicate polio 'in three or four years'
18 december 2018 - 13:28:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal is on the road to completely eradicate polio in three or four years, the director [...] Full text...
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Medical charity raises raises red flag on children missing vaccinations in CAR
22 july 2018 - 05:40:47Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A medical charity is warning that children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are missing out [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says record number of children vaccinated in 2017
16 july 2018 - 19:52:19New York, US (PANA) - A record 123 million children were immunized globally in 2017, according to data released on [...] Full text...
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Medical charity moves to vaccinate some 10,000 children in Mali
10 april 2018 - 09:46:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Being vaccinated against diseases like diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, meningitis, pneumonia, yellow fever, and other potentially [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: 1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016 - Report
17 july 2017 - 15:29:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worldwide, 12.9 million infants, nearly 1 in 10, did not receive any vaccinations in 2016, according [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: WHO announces World Immunization Week to be held 24-30 April
20 april 2017 - 09:58:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday announced World Immunization Week from 24-30 April, which aims [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF, partners begin mass measles' vaccinations in Somalia
19 december 2016 - 17:28:42New York, US (PANA) - Following a major measles outbreak in Somalia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF secures children's life-saving vaccine at low price
19 october 2016 - 18:51:40New York, US (PANA) - With a price drop to below US$1 a dose, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has successfully [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Global immunization coverage sustained in past five years - WHO
17 july 2016 - 07:16:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The latest World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) data on global immunization coverage show [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO stresses need for immunization for healthy societies
21 april 2016 - 21:17:13New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced that during World Immunization Week 2016, which begins [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius introduces Pneumococcal Vaccine
24 march 2016 - 12:28:09Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday introduced the Pneumococcal Vaccine to its Expanded Programme on Immunisation as recommended [...] Full text...
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UN: UNICEF, WHO report increase in immunization figures for world’s children
16 july 2015 - 19:01:23New York, US (PANA) - An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the [...] Full text...
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UN: UNAIDS calls for renewed global commitment to develop effective HIV vaccine
19 may 2015 - 18:31:28New York, US (PANA) -To mark HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has renewed its [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO says global vaccination targets 'far off track'
23 april 2015 - 06:51:28New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Global coalition to accelerate universal health coverage
12 december 2014 - 15:01:22Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new global coalition of over 500 leading health and development organizations have been inaugurated in [...] Full text...
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3 of 10 African children not yet vaccinated to date, says WHO
18 april 2013 - 11:35:53Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Three out of 10 African children have not received vaccination for the first time in their [...] Full text...
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Routine vaccination reaching four in five children - WHO
02 november 2012 - 12:18:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four in five children (83%) worldwide received the recommended three doses of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) vaccine during [...] Full text...
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First-ever World Immunization Week rolls out in 180 countries
24 april 2012 - 08:38:56Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first-ever World Health Organization’s World Immunization Week (WIW) has kicked off with activities in [...] Full text...
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African Vaccination Week holds 23-28 April
17 april 2012 - 13:33:29Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2012 African Vaccination Week (AVW) is to be held across the continent 23-28 April under [...] Full text...
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One killed, 2 injured in North Darfur IDP camp shooting
01 december 2011 - 18:40:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - One person was killed and several others injured when armed men attempted to loot a shop [...] Full text...
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Congo launches vaccination campaign against childhood killer diseases
21 july 2011 - 20:27:52Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government on Thursday launched a campaign in Brazzaville to vaccinate children aged 0-11 months [...] Full text...
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75m inoculated against polio in Africa’s first region-wide vaccination week
04 may 2011 - 09:58:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 75 million children, women and men from 22 countries in the WHO African Region [...] Full text...
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WHO says 180 nations on immunization drive against diseases
26 april 2011 - 14:33:45New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said about 180 countries and territories were for the first [...] Full text...
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Polio vaccine coverage attains 96% in Rwanda
20 january 2010 - 20:49:00Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The vaccine coverage against poliomyelitis in Rwanda is estimated to have achieved 96% for the newly [...] Full text...
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Low-price vaccine for children in developing world
18 november 2009 - 15:08:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- GAVI Alliance, a Geneva-based public-private partnership aimed at improving health in the worldâ?s poorest countries, has [...] Full text...
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UNICEF launches ambitious child health campaign in Somalia
12 november 2009 - 08:22:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Hundreds of Somali children and women have received a h igh-impact life-saving health package from the [...] Full text...
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