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A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) says an estimated 51.2 million lives across the African region have been saved over the past half-century through vaccination efforts.

Over 50 million lives saved in Africa through expanded immunization programme

An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over that

About 11 children aged less than 15 die every minute. The child mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is no different.

One million doses of life-saving vaccines have been administered to children living across Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan, thanks to the Zero-Dose Immunization Programme (ZIP). Funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Horn of Africa, ZIP is responding to the humanitarian challenge of identifying and vaccinating zero-dose children living in fragile settings that are beyond the reach of government health services.

Combining humanitarian skills with geospatial mapping gave nearly 200,000 kids in the Horn of Africa life-saving vaccines for the first time ever. 

Rumours and limited outreach activities have increased vaccine hesitancy in Domayo, Cameroon. Community leaders are fighting back, preaching the good news of vaccination. 

News and Press Release in English on World and 10 other countries about Health; published on 26 Apr 2023 by GAVI

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