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The Food and Drugs Authority’s Safety Monitoring System from March 2021 to November 2022, has recorded 9,000 side effects - known as Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) from the over 21 million doses administered to persons. This means for 100, 000 COVID-19 doses administered about 43 persons complained of AEFI.…

Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Teri-Ann Joseph (Photo by Marlon Jeffers) By Theresa Goodwin theresa.goodwin@antiguaoobsever.com Vaccination experts from across the region are meeting at the Sandals Grande Antigua resort to take a comprehensive look at gains made over the past two years, challenges faced, share experiences and plan activities for…

While SMS has found new life in corporate communication, the 160-character messaging platform is sorely in need of the update that is RCS...

Cabinet received and adopted Sundry Updates of the Mining Sector as presented by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Honourable Wiston Chitando.

Death of 39 children, teenagers across Pakistan due to diphtheria, shows failure of countrys routine immunisation programme

ISLAMABAD: An outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly infectious disease that causes severe breathing problems, has claimed the lives of at least 39 children across the country, sending the healthcare...

The drive to immunise children below two years against vaccine-preventable childhood ailments. will continue till Nov 22.

To ensure that children amongst Afar’s remote nomadic communities receive health services, health workers hit the road.

In February 2022, a year and a half after the continent was declared indigenous wild poliovirus-free, the virus resurfaced in south-eastern Africa. As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative kicks off pledging to fund the 2022-2026 strategy, VaccinesWork dives into what exactly happened in Malawi and Mozambique, where eight children have been paralysed by an infectious threat that really isn’t over until it’s over everywhere.

12-day inoculation campaign ends in 22 districts...