Huge push to get kids vaccinated against illnesses like measles, polio and diphtheria as uptake rates plunge to decade low in wake of Covid
Fronted by children, the advert aims to appeal directly to parents and boost the numbers getting their children vaccinated with experts concerned about the risk illness falling jab uptake. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Calls for Vaccination of Children As Polio Resurfaces
[263Chat] Zimbabwean health authorities have urged parents to vaccinate their children against polio. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - February 27, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Gets Off to a Smooth Start
[The Herald] Trust Freddy and Primrose Zimano-Herald Reporters (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Government Rolls Out Polio Vaccination After Detecting Rare Mutation Cases
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday rolled out a polio vaccination campaign following the recent confirmation of an outbreak in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Mass Polio Vaccination Starts
[The Herald] The mass polio vaccination campaign against a new variant that has not been vaccinated against since 2015 is set to start across the country today, targeting all children aged 10 years and below. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe starts an emergency polio vaccination drive after detecting cases caused by a rare mutation
Zimbabwe has started an emergency campaign to inoculate more than 4 million children against polio after health authorities detected three cases caused by a rare mutation of the weakened virus used in oral vaccines (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Third Round of Polio Vaccination Targets High-Risk Counties in Northeastern Kenya
[VOA] Nairobi -- A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three high risk counties in the northeastern part of Kenya. This comes after 13 cases of the so-called circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV2) were discovered last year in the area. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Polio Source Type: news
Pakistani officer wounded in attack on polio workers dies, raising bombing death toll to 7
An officer wounded in a bombing that targeted police assigned to protect polio vaccination workers has died in a hospital in northwestern Pakistan (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Use of Inactivated Polio Vaccine Among U.S. Adults: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2023
This report describes updated Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations for the use of inactivated polio vaccine for U.S. adults. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 7, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Polio Vaccination Polio (poliomielitis) Source Type: news
Somalia: Teach Us About Polio in Our Own Language - Somali's Maay Speakers
[allAfrica] Vaccination is crucial for preventing the spread of the polio, a highly contagious disease that can lead to paralysis and even death. But widespread, ongoing conflict in Somalia means that vaccination campaigns are hampered by restricted access to conflict zones, and the displacement of communities - making it difficult for healthcare workers to reach vulnerable populations. The destruction of health infrastructure, disruption of healthcare services, and compromised safety of healthcare workers (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 27, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Somalia Source Type: news
Somalia: Teach Us About Polio in Our Own Language - Somalia's Maay Speakers
[allAfrica] Vaccination is crucial for preventing the spread of the polio, a highly contagious disease that can lead to paralysis and even death. But widespread, ongoing conflict in Somalia means that vaccination campaigns are hampered by restricted access to conflict zones, and the displacement of communities - making it difficult for healthcare workers to reach vulnerable populations. The destruction of health infrastructure, disruption of healthcare services, and compromised safety of healthcare workers (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 27, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Polio Somalia Source Type: news
Nigeria: Unicef Warns Bauchi Residents Against Rejecting Polio Vaccine
[Leadership] United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has pleaded with parents and guardians in Bauchi State to allow their wards to receive second term of polio vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 13, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: 2.3 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccine in Anambra - Commissioner
[Premium Times] The state government is about to begin the second phase of polio immunisation in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - November 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Childhood Vaccine Exemptions Reach Highest Level Ever — Upping Risk For Outbreaks Of Polio, Measles And More
More families with kindergarteners have been granted vaccine exemptions in the United States than ever before, the CDC said Thursday. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news
Zimbabwe Starts Polio Vaccinations After Outbreak in Capital
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
