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The Ministry of Health will this week observe this year's Africa Vaccination Week with a mass immunisation campaign for all vaccine-preventable diseases. The vaccination week, running from Wednesday April 24 to Tuesday April 30, will look into diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, polio, HPV, cholera, Rubella and tetanus. In an interview on the sidelines of

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Mysuru: Former CFTRI scientist K Leelavathi on Friday said International School of Milling Technology (ISMT) has helped in ensuring nutrition security.

Health minister says research shows that smallpox vaccine may be used against monkeypox

Dr Inamullah Khan says 60pc of children in tribal districts and 49pc in other districts did not complete course of vaccination due to lack of awareness.

Despite the availability of various family planning tools, worldwide 121 million unintended pregnancies occur every year, or 331,000 per day on average, revealing striking disparities in contraceptive provision and accessibility.

Secretary for Health Sam Mndolo has said the country is too far from being free from malaria as every year, the number of new malaria cases exceeds six million. He said thousands of lives continue to be lost due to preventable and treatable diseases. Mndolo said this in a statement released yesterday as Malawi joined

Key Highlights The WHO said it will recommend the trials which the recently approved R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine will still need

A Biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, says vaccines are critical in supporting global health security to prevent and control more than 30 infectious diseases and reduce hospitalisation of citizens. Kodjo Soroh, Medical Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pfizer, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos in commemoration of World Immunisation Week. World Immunisation Week, celebrated in the