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Luis Alves Nogueira, 74, left, receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker, in the Pupuri community along the Purus River, in the Labrea municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations. As they came ashore on Little Cranberry Island, population 65, residents danced with excitement. “It’s a his...

“The AD syringes bought for this immense operation are similar to those routinely procured and delivered by UNICEF for the vaccination of children worldwide,” adds the report. UNICEF chief officer of immunization Robin Nandy, noted that in the past decades, children were vaccinated using reusable syringes, which greatly exposed them to risk of transmitting diseases like HIV/AIDs and Hepatitis B. “Sometimes, these used syringes were resold and reused, and we have encountered instances of children using them as toys”, said Nandy. A study sponsored by WHO in 2014, at least 1.7 million pe...

“The AD syringes bought for this immense operation are similar to those routinely procured and delivered by UNICEF for the vaccination of children worldwide,” adds the report. UNICEF chief officer of immunization Robin Nandy, noted that in the past decades, children were vaccinated using reusable syringes, which greatly exposed them to risk of transmitting diseases like HIV/AIDs and Hepatitis B. “Sometimes, these used syringes were resold and reused, and we have encountered instances of children using them as toys”, said Nandy. A study sponsored by WHO in 2014, at least 1.7 million pe...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the opportunity to make rotavirus vaccine available to more children living in humanitarian crises, saying thanks to a landmark pricing agreement with the manufacturer, GSK

Health partners welcome landmark pricing agreement through Humanitarian Mechanism, urging more manufacturers to follow suit ...