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health worker in Bangladesh transporting vaccines in a cool box

Society Bangladesh

18. July 2025

Public Health Commitment Literally Pays Off

In just over 50 years, Bangladesh has become an “economic miracle,” with steady economic growth and major investments in public health that are expected to end the country’s need for vaccine support by 2030.

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Health The World

13. July 2025

Global Push to End Cervical Cancer

New investments and policy pledges to expand access to human papillomavirus vaccination, screening, and treatment have been announced to ensure that cervical cancer, one of the most preventable in the world, is eliminated once and for all by 2030.

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Health The World

28. May 2025

A First Clinical Trial for This Lifesaving Vaccine

The first clinical trial for a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is taking place across five countries, and it could be the world's first new TB vaccine in a century.

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Health Central Africa

13. May 2025

A Milestone in Keeping Children Polio-Free

In a renewed effort to curb the spread of variant poliovirus type 2, five limitrophe African countries have launched a synchronized regional vaccination campaign, thus protecting some 83 million children under the age of 5.

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Health The World

28. April 2025

This Flu Has Bid Us Farewell!

Since 2020, there have been no confirmed cases of the influenza B Yamagata lineage, prompting health agencies to remove it from flu vaccines, thus improving overall vaccine effectiveness.

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Health Burundi

23. April 2025

More Children Under Five to Get Proper Protection Against Malaria

Burundi has become the latest country to deploy its Malaria vaccine program, destined to protect children under five, as they are the demographic most susceptible to falling prey to the mosquito-borne parasitic infection.

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Health Nepal

4. April 2025

Cancer Vaccine Campaign to Protect a Maximum of Girls

A nationwide human papillomavirus vaccination campaign is underway, helping to protect more than a million Nepalese girls aged 10 to 14 against cervical cancer, thus giving this generation a healthier future.

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Cervical cancer screening in Freetown. Sierra Leone

Health The World

6. December 2024

We’re Winning the Battle Against Cervical Cancer

Four years after the launch of a global strategy to end cervical cancer, the vast majority of countries are putting in place concrete measures like human papillomavirus vaccination, HPV testing, and awareness campaigns that are paying off.

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Mali woman watches her son who gets malaria treatment

Health Mali

5. December 2024

World First: Malaria Vaccine Offers Long-Term Protection to Expecting Moms

A recently published study shows that a malaria vaccine administered to Malian women anticipating pregnancy increasingly protected expecting mothers before and during pregnancy, a world first.

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Boy gets a vaccination in rural Aleppo, Syria

Health Syria

20. September 2024

Here Comes Round Two of Child Vaccinations!

The second round of vaccination for Syrian children is ready for implementation through fixed sites and mobile teams across selected areas, helping millions of children have stronger health and a better quality of life.