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"Reducing MOVs caused by complexity and changes in EPI schedules can improve immunization coverage, timeliness, and equity..." Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOVs) - that is, when children interact with the health system but fail to receive age-eligible vaccines - are a problem in many low- and middle-income countries, leading to underimmuni

Scientists and Researchers at the Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region have urged government to invest in health research to find solution to locally relevant issues. They said research was important and had over the years enabled Scientists find solutions to health problems…

*As friends, health community celebrates newly appointed GAVI chief executive Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the appointment of the former Minister of State for Health, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GAVI Vaccine Alliance, has improved and brightened Nigeria’s chances of commencing local production of […]

Throughout 2022 COVAX helped lower-income governments to roll out jabs and launched an initiative to help those furthest behind improve. So which countries made the biggest strides in coverage? The answer may be surprising.

Rosemary Mukui Nzunza, the head of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Centre for Virus Research, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, shares her story of pursuing a career in science.

1.3m children to be vaccinated against 11 diseases next month

Hepatitis B virus is one that can be easily passed on from mother to child, putting the newborn at the risk of future liver cirrhosis or cancer. This is why testing for the virus in women is crucial at the time of pregnancy, so that preventive measures could be taken for the babies.

As part of nationwide efforts to contain large measles outbreaks, the provincial health department is making additional booster doses available for every child under 15 from Monday 6 February to Friday 31 March.

Locally Developed PCR Test KIT: A team of local researchers have developed a low-cost RT-PCR kit that they say is capable of detecting coronavirus infection in the human body more accurately and even before any symptoms arise.

As part of nationwide efforts to contain large measles outbreaks, the provincial health department is making additional booster doses available for every child under 15 from Monday 6 February to Friday 31 March.