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In South Africa, flu and pneumonia are the second biggest cause of death in children under five, coming after intestinal infectious diseases. This situation is troubling, especially since vaccines are available for children in both public and private healthcare sectors.

The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) for newborns resumed in Chattogram yesterday after remaining halted for almost five months amid a shortage of vaccines.

Experts say decision to hand over the programme to global health bodies in 2021 backfired; official claims govt still in charge.

The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has saved 154 million lives over the last 50 years – equivalent to six lives saved every minute of every year – according to a study published in The Lancet.

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Global immunisation efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of six lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved were those of infants.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed the provincial health department to depute a medical officer to visit the measles-affected Chandroo Muhajir village of Tando Allahayar on a...

The World Immunisation Week 2024 is being observed during April 24 to 30. The global vaccine drives of the second half of the 20th century are one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Immunisation campaigns have enabled us to eradicate smallpox, nearly defeat polio, and ensure more children survive and thrive than ever before.

“Today’s launch brings to eight the number of countries on the continent to offer the malaria vaccine as part of the childhood immunisation programme."