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Health Minister, Joe Phaahla says there is no need for South Africans to vaccinate against Monkeypox as yet.

"...understanding nuances of vaccination acceptance or vaccine demand insights and the underlining drivers in resource-low settings such as...Malawi, where there had been dearth of evidence-based findings for policy actions." Vaccine hesitancy is one reason for difficulties with maximising vaccination uptake in Malawi.

Announcing a two-day extension of the measles and rubella vaccination drive, immunisation officials in Sindh claimed on Saturday that around 19...

As many as 46.4 million children have so far been vaccinated against measles and rubella during the first six days of the national drive and not a...

Pfizer vaccine is planned to be given in divisional cities, districts and municipalities besides Dhaka

July 28, 2021 MULTAN: The South Punjab Health Department has planned an extensive drive against measles-rubella in November and the preparations in this regard were underway to achieve the target. South Punjab Director General Health Services Dr Khalil Ahmed said the measles-rubella catch-up campaign in November 2021 shall be made fully successful in South Punjab districts. Speaking at micro-planning TOT workshop on measles rubella catch-up drive Punjab 2021l, he said training of master traine...

59 per cent of health professionals yet to be offered Covid-19 vaccine M. Waqar Bhatti Around 81 per cent of healthcare professionals in Pakistan are willing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 but 59 per cent of them have not been offered the vaccine, says a joint survey conducted by the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) and Gallup Pakistan. “Around 89 per cent of surveyed health professionals worked in facilities where they could encounter Covid-19 patients. Of them...

Karachi March 3, 2021 The second largest adult vaccination centre (AVC) of Karachi for Covid-19 vaccination has started functioning at Liaquat National Hospital (LNH), where frontline healthcare workers are being inoculated, but in the coming days, the public would also be vaccinated against the infectious disease, Sindh health department and LNH officials said on Tuesday. “The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had approached us t...

I am sure the Prez will look at free water again -Abena Dapaah With Covid-19 still ravaging the Ghanaian economy, the Minister-designate for Sanitation & Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has indicated that President Akufo-Addo might look at the provision of free water again. She made the comments at the ongoing vetting of ministers-designate by the Appointment Committee of Parliament. Her comments follows a question thrown to her by Mr James Agalga, a Member of the committee, if the...

Covishield to be given to Bhutan for free, 2mn doses as a gift to Bangladesh Premium (Bloomberg) Share Via Read Full Story The India government plans to give Serum India Institutes Covishield to its neighbouring countries. To Nepal, for free and 2 million doses as a gift to Bangladesh Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Monday confirmed that Indian government will provide COVID-19 vaccines to the country for free. TRENDING STORIESSee All 1 min read Premium 2 min read Premium 2 min read Pr...