Plummeting child immunisation rates are now a public health emergency in South Africa and risk causing outbreaks of ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday defended the science-based process used to determine childhood immunisation schedules after U.S. President ...

The role vaccines play in preventing diseases has been proven since 1796, when the first inoculation against the dreaded smallpox took place. In the last 50 years alone, vaccines have saved over 15 ...

Ghana faces a $78.2m health funding shortfall as aid cuts put immunisation gains at risk.

Parents, ensure that your children are vaccinated as recommended by the doctor. It is a known fact that vaccines are one of the safest and most effective ways to protect children from serious diseases ...

World Immunisation Week holds profound significance in the realm of public health for several reasons: Prevention of Diseases: Immunisation has been hailed as one of the most effective public health ...

Zero is the only acceptable number when it comes to children who go unimmunised. Zero children left behind, zero missed doses, zero preventable deaths. Yet, across the world, millions of children ...

Routine immunisation has resulted in diseases like measles being drastically reduced. Laszlo Mates/shutterstock The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine ...

The RSV immunisation begins on September 1 to protect infants against the dangerous illness ...

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar CALABAR — Cross River State has sustained a 95 per cent national immunisation coverage rating, ...

In order to make sure vaccines continue to reach the world’s poorest children, data is essential. Immunisation records around the globe are used broadly to act as proof of vaccination for everyone ...