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Philippines: Re-emergence of vaccine preventable diseases – Polio outbreak – Operation Update, DREF n° MDRPH032 (12-month update: 29 December 2020) Format Summary of major changes: The emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Philippines in March 2020 has to an extent, directed health system focus from vaccination campaigns for polio and measles, towards COVID-19 management. Consequently, some activities planned under the EPoA for Polio within the intended timeline had to deprioritized, as its not feasible to conduct those activities during the pandemic. Furthermore, incor...

Polio vaccination campaign underway in Eastern Equatoria State Eastern Equatoria state last Friday launched a mass polio vaccination campaign targeting more than 300,000 children under five years of age. Authorities say the campaign which is expected to continue for five days,  is in response to 15 confirmed cases across the country including Torit county recently. Eastern Equatoria state Expanded Program on Immunization or EPI manager Mr. Oler Charles Adelino says the campaign will reach all the state's eight counties. “We were certified as a country free from polio but unfortunately in f...

2020-12-15 14:05:09 GMT2020-12-15 22:05:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English DAKAR, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dr. Mamadou Ndiaye, the director of Prevention of Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action, announced on Tuesday that the first doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Senegal from March 2021. During an interview with radio Sud FM, Dr. Ndiaye said that members of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, including Senegal, would have these first doses after approval by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Ndiaye explained that Gavi members were guaranteed to have their first dose...

GSK withdraws HIBERIX in Vietnam due to low demand 16:41 | 15/12/2020 HIBERIX produced by GlaxoSmithKline A representative of GSK Vietnam told VIR that this is the vaccine for prevention of diseases caused by Haemophilus Influenzae type b bacteria for children, which have been already part of the current 5-in-1 vaccine provided to eligible children in the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of the government for many years and there were other alternative vaccines available in Vietnam to serve medical needs. “GSK has filed the application to discontinu...

December 10, 2020 Alfred Chauwa – Nyasa Times 2 Comments Malawi Health Equity Network (MEHN) is working with mother care groups in various districts in Malawi to encourage women to send their children for immunization and also to clear the misconceptions and myths in rural areas that immunization is evil. Members of the mother care groups in Mchinji The initiative follows countrywide concerns of such myths and misconceptions in most villages and MEHN also corroborates with traditional leaders to encourage people — such as those that belong to the Zion Church — to go for their ch...