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Dr Faisal underlines significance of vaccination Islamabad April 27, 2021 Islamabad : The World Immunisation Week reminds us of our responsibility in taking action to bring the benefits of immunisation to all. I urge all parents to get their children vaccinated. When people ensure that their families and communities are protected with vaccines, we are all protected together. The PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan expressed these views while addressing an event marking the op...

• 12 million people fall in age bracket of 40-50 • Walk-in facility allowed for people over 50 • 70 die, 4,825 contract virus in single day • Ulema to extend assistance in SOPs’ enforcement ISLAMABAD: In a major development, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday decided to open registration of around 12 million people in the age group of 40 to 50 years and allowed walk-in vaccination facility for citizens over 50. Minister for Planning and Development Asad U...

Vaccine awareness programmes gather pace Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Covid-19 education and awareness campaigns have been intensified across the country to promote the mass vaccination programme in high-risk areas, including border towns. Chief director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Maxwell Hove, said teams had been deployed nationwide to explain the vaccines and answer questions. Some teams were static, while others were mobile and more information, education and communicat...

Wrestling malaria one vaccine at a time HEALTH & SCIENCE   An elderly woman gets tested for Malaria at FIMRC Health Center III in Bududa district, eastern Uganda. [AFP] One-year-old Blessing Achieng cries uncontrollably while getting a shot of the malaria vaccine at the Yala sub-county hospital. Her mother, Mary Atieno, is one among 10 women waiting for their babies to be vaccinated. For Atieno, it is the third dose which she says has kept her baby safe from malaria for the past year. Other b...

UNICEF DRC Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1: January 2021 Format Highlights As of 31st January 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak has affected 22 out of the 26 provinces in the DRC, with a total of 22,842 confirmed cases. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already reported a total of 5,221 suspected measles cases. According to statistics provided by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (PEV), more than 41% of cases are located in the province of Sud Ubangi. A resurgence of violence in th...

Adele Baleta takes a look at how vaccine-related adverse events are monitored in South Africa.

Accepting Vaccination: Why Change In Communication Strategy Turned The Tides A growing number of Cameroonians regard vaccination with skepticism. This is partly explained by ignorance and the rumours often peddled on social media on the “demerits” or supposed risks of vaccination. Of late, the situation was worsened by the stance of two Roman Catholic Church dioceses whose bishops openly declared they would allow their female parishioners to be vaccinated against Central African Republ...

In a move to strengthen the cold chain system of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, with support from GAVI, today handed over two vehicles and Cold Chain Equipment to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. The two vehicles will be used for the strengthening of the national EPI Programme Management and Oversight function through regular monitoring and supervisory visits to service delivery level. The vehicles w...

Publication Date "TAG emphasizes the vital role of [the] One Team approach in achieving the eradication goals and highlights the critical importance of fully integrating operational and communication strategies and activities." In its virtual meeting, held March 17, 18, and 20 2021, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recognised the challenges faced by the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) in Afghanistan, including co-circulation of both wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-d...

Content provided by Last updated: 5 hours ago In a move to strengthen the cold chain system of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, with support from GAVI, today handed over two vehicles and Cold Chain Equipment to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. The two vehicles will be used for the strengthening of the national EPI Programme Management ...