Cameroon: Malaria Child Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in Cameroon
[DW] Cameroon has begun a large-scale malaria vaccination campaign that's supposed to see 250,000 children immunized this year and next. Experts say it will save lives, even though the vaccine isn't perfect. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Cameroon Central Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine Malaria West Africa Source Type: news
Cameroon: Cameroon Rolls Out First Routine Malaria Vaccination Program for Children
[VOA] Monday Cameroon became the first country to establish a routine malaria vaccination program for children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - January 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Cameroon Central Africa Health and Medicine Malaria West Africa Source Type: news
Cameroon Starts World ’s First Routine Malaria Vaccine Rollout
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout
It becomes the first nation in the world to roll out a universal anti-malaria jab for infants. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cameroon Starts World ’ s First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.
The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria deaths.
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“The vaccination will save lives. It will provide major relief to families and the country’s health system,” said Aurelia Nguyen, chief program officer at the Gavi vaccines alliance, which is helping Cameroon secure the s...
Source: TIME: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized wire Source Type: news
Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
First mass malaria vaccination campaign begins in Africa
Shots will be given to children in Cameroon as part of rollout of up to 30mn jabs across continent#cameroon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First mass malaria vaccination campaign begins in Africa
Shots will be given to children in Cameroon as part of rollout of up to 30mn jabs across continent (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - January 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Routine malaria vaccines start to roll out to protect children in Africa
The first routine vaccine to protect children from malaria, one of Africa's deadliest diseases, launches in Cameroon. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Technology Transfer Critical to Revolutionizing Africa ’s Pharma Industry
BioNTainers, facilities equipped to manufacture a range of mRNA-based vaccines have been inaugurated in Rwanda in December 2023. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPSBy Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Jan 8 2024 (IPS) An agreement signed between the Rwandan government and the Africa Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) gives impetus to Africa’s domestic industry with the hope of helping the continent tackle vaccine inequity and fill the critical gap in vaccine manufacturing.
The agreement to operationalize the foundation was signed in Kigali, Rwanda, in late 2023.
What is important, according to stakeholders, is to focus efforts o...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Aimable Twahirwa Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Rwanda Source Type: news
Kenya: WHO Prequalifies Another Malaria Vaccine
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The World Health Organization(WHO) has pre-qualified another malaria vaccine that was partially tested in Kilifi, Kenya. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Kenya Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Prequalifies Second Malaria Vaccine
[Premium Times] In October, WHO recommended its use for the prevention of malaria in children. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Science ’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: Weight loss drugs with a real shot at fighting obesity
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Obesity plays out as a private struggle and a public health crisis. In the United States, about 70% of adults are affected by excess weight, and in Europe that number is more than half. The stigma against fat can be crushing; its risks, life-threatening. Defined as a body mass index of at least 30, obesity is thought to power type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fatty liver disease, and certain cancers.
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Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: Africa's Vaccine Production Push Reshapes Global Health Landscape
[allAfrica] Lusaka, Zambia -- The novel coronavirus pandemic laid bare the stark disparities in global access to essential medicines. The world's most vulnerable populations were often left behind in the scramble for life-saving vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics. This underscored the urgent need for a paradigm shift in global health security and local production as a pivotal step towards bolstering healthcare resilience and accessibility worldwide. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Economy, Business and Finance Coronavirus Health and Medicine Innovation Labour Malaria Science and Biotechnology Sustainable Development Source Type: news
A New mRNA Malaria Vaccine
By targeting resident memory T cells in the liver, a novel mRNA malaria vaccine prevented infection, even in those with prior exposure. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
