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Environmental surveillance network training: WHO Iraq and federal ministries collaborate to ensure a polio-free Iraq The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq, in close collaboration with Iraq's Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Environment (MOE), has concluded a successful 4-day training programme on the environmental surveillance network for poliovirus monitoring and detection. This initiative

Leveraging data from 1715 children in the MAL-ED birth cohort study, Stephanie A Brennhofer and colleagues model the expected reduction in diarrhea episodes, antibiotic use, and bystander pathogen exposure to antibiotics through the administration of Shigella vaccines.

Despite the disease spreading to multiple districts, vaccines for it are not readily available at public hospitals

According to WHO data, measles cases and deaths worldwide increased by 18 per cent and 43 per cent, respectively, in 2022 as compared to the previous year – taking the estimated number of...

RAJSHAHI, Nov 18, 2023 (BSS)-The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to bring its Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) under

Health minister Dr Joe Phaahla has confirmed there is an outbreak of diptheria in South Africa.

Children in Kass Locality of Sudan’s South Darfur State have not been vaccinated against preventable diseases since mid-April, local health officials have said.

PESHAWAR: The outbreak of diphtheria has become a challenge for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department and particularly the highly paid employees of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation as the...

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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Friday, 3 November 2023: The Henry C. Smith Immunisation Award is given to the country in the English-speaking Caribbean that shows improvement in vaccination coverage in the under-five-year age group.  This is the second time that the Turks and Caicos Islands has won this award.  While the TCI maintains very […]