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More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in six countries in Africa, the world’s first

More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in six countries in Africa, the world’s first region to rollout of the vaccine just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) gave it Emergency Use Listing status in November 2020. Nigeria became the first country in the […]

*Major study confirms increased risk of death, serious illness among COVID-19 survivors *Pregnant women with pandemic face high mortality rate, 11% of babies contracts virus from their mothers *Babies of women infected with coronavirus more likely to be born preterm, researchers find *WHO, UNICEF, Gavi highlight urgent need for renewed global commitment to improve vaccination access, uptake A recent study published in the journal Nature showed that COVID-19 pandemic has derailed the fight ...

*Major study confirms increased risk of death, serious illness among COVID-19 survivors *Pregnant women with pandemic face high mortality rate, 11% of babies contracts virus from their mothers *Babies of women infected with coronavirus more likely to be born preterm, researchers find *WHO, UNICEF, Gavi highlight urgent need for renewed global commitment to improve vaccination access, uptake A recent study published in the journal Nature showed that COVID-19 pandemic has derailed the fight again...