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HealthHealth Kenya
Baby’s “First Vaccine”: Breastfeeding Rates Soar
Kenyan authorities are deploying baby-friendly initiatives to significantly reduce rates of early childhood mortality, including breastfeeding, which is often considered a baby’s “first vaccine” given that it is packed with customized protection.
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HealthHealth The World
The Importance of Vaccines: Over 150 Million Lives Saved in 50 Years
Over the last five decades, the world has seen a drastic reduction in infant mortality thanks to better nutrition and lower poverty, cleaner air and water, readily available treatments, and, most of all, the development and distribution of vaccines.
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SocietySociety The World
People Live Longer, All Over the World!
Over three decades, life expectancy grew worldwide, most notably in Eastern sub-Saharan Africa with an impressive increase of almost 11 years, following concerted efforts like improved prevention and treatment tactics, and the strengthening and expansion of immunization programs.
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HealthHealth Cameroon
Another African Country Now Ready to Immunize Kids Against Malaria
The Central African country of Cameroon received over 330,000 doses of the RTS,S malaria vaccine to be administered to children, meaning that the malaria vaccine immunization program will be in full effect during the first quarter of 2024 across the highest-risk countries on the continent.
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