An infant is immunised during the integrated nutritional outreach at Kalapata, Turkana South. [Jacob Musya, Standard] Vaccines are among the most powerful public health tools ever developed. Over the ...

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 ...

Nasal vaccines represent a promising shift in how we prevent infectious diseases. By building immunity at the body's first line of defence, they could stop infections before they begin, reduce ...

Health officials said vaccine hesitancy, fuelled by misleading claims on social media, has emerged as the biggest hurdle.

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 ...

As spring blossoms around us in late April, so too does a crucial global health initiative: World Immunisation Week. Celebrated annually, this week serves as a powerful reminder of the transformative ...

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 ...

Calling for the scale-up of routine immunisation for children in Nigeria, she said it would help protect them against preventable diseases. Lafoucriere who spoke at a recent Media Dialogue To Enhance ...