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Health Ghana
First-Ever Malaria Vaccine Is Protecting a Million Children – and Counting!
Over a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received at least one dose of the world’s first malaria vaccine — thanks to a program that was first launched in 2019 and coordinated by the World Health Organization.
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Health USA
For the First Time, COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Surpasses Demand
COVAX, the global vaccine distribution initiative, has, for the first time in the history of the program, a larger supply of the Covid-19 vaccination than it has demand - marking great news on the progress of controlling the pandemic.
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Health Uganda
This Country Vaccinated Eight Million Children… in Three Days!
Through its polio vaccination campaign, Uganda vaccinated some 8 million children below the age of five in only three days, a much-needed exercise for the East African country to continue to keep children alive and in good health.
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Health USA
Record Number of Vaccines Delivered to Developing Countries
The U.N.-backed dose-sharing initiative, Covax, delivered a record number of coronavirus vaccine doses in the last month of 2021: over 309 million doses were delivered to over 70 countries in December, roughly a third of all deliveries last year in a single month.
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Health United Kingdom
This Vaccine Is Great for Fighting Cervical Cancer, Study Finds
Following the massive vaccination of young girls 13 years ago against HPV - a sexually-transmitted infection that can lead to cancers - in the United Kingdom, it was revealed that the vaccine cut the occurrences of cervical cancer by nearly 90%.
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Vaccine Against the Deadliest Breast Cancer Is in the Works
There will soon be a vaccine to prevent the deadliest form of breast cancer, since researchers based in Cleveland, United States are about to launch the first human trial testing - giving hope to patients suffering from this fatal cancer.