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Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cumulative 5% decline in basic vaccine coverage and disrupted routine immunizations globally from 2020 - 2021...

Piloting of the malaria vaccine began in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi started in 2019. There has been a 30pc drop in the hospitalisation of children with severe malaria during the piloting phase.

As part of World Immunization Week 2022, News Medical speaks to Thabani Maphosa, the Managing Director of Country Programmes at Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, about their work to increase equitable and sustainable use of vaccines by maximizing financial investments, bringing the best partners to the table and driving innovation.

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As Nigeria marks the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the country today through the COVAX facility, efforts are being made to ensure

Thabani Maphosa is Gavi’s Managing Director of Country Programmes, overseeing Gavi’s operations in 73 countries. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private global health partnership

Program/Project Management Consultancy in Kenya, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from DCA; closing on 25 Jun 2021

31 May 2021 Want to use your skills in developing high quality commercial proposals to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere? Join WaterAid as our Commercial Bid Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that youll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation. The WaterAid Institutional Funding and Pa...

14 May 2021 This technical advisory role provides joint leadership on Child Safety and Safeguarding by developing policy, strengthening capacity and learning, and improving the quality of the environment which children have access to in our programmes globally, including safety and safeguarding aspects. With a direct line of reporting to the Board of Trustees our Safety and Safeguarding Advisor transforms the culture and understanding within War Child of how to keep children safe and how to imp...

Content provided by Last updated: 5 hours ago With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high. Delays and shortages of vaccine supplies are driving African countries to slip further behind the rest of the world in the COVID-19 vaccine roll out and the c...