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SWITZERLAND – Covax, a global vaccine program run by Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO), has urged countries to take action immediately to close the global vaccine equity gap.…
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SWITZERLAND – Nearly one billion people globally are denied access, particularly in low-and middle-income countries, a new report by WHO and UNICEF shows. The report estimates that more than 2.5…
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UGANDA – Uganda has partnered with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to inaugurate a new oxygen production plant at the Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital to expand access…
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SWITZERLAND – Measles cases have increased by nearly 80% worldwide this year, according to the United Nations, which added that the increase in measles cases was a forewarning of future…
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INDIA – Authorities Think-tank, Niti Aayog and Unicef India have signed a letter of intent (LOI) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a deal for children. The agreement seeks…
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LEBANON – The number of women dying in Lebanon from pregnancy-related complications has nearly tripled amid a three-year economic crisis that has seen doctors and midwives flee the country, according…
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MOZAMBIQUE – Mozambique has partnered with the United States to vaccinate 4.8 million children under five years old in the first round of the polio immunization round in an effort…
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MALAWI – Malawi has received about 2 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) from the Global Emergency Stockpile funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in an effort to contain…
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EGYPT – Acting Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met the Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Egypt Jeremy Hopkins to discuss strengthening cooperation between…
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MALAWI – Malawian health authorities have put in place preventive measures to control the further spread of water-borne disease Cholera amid outbreak in the southern Malawi region such as surveillance…
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