Central African Republic
This study reviews the administrative routine immunization data from 15 African countries for the period from January 2018 to June 2020 to analyze the trends in the monthly number of children vaccinated with specific antigens, and compare the...
- Category: Data
- Country: United Republic Of Tanzania, South Sudan, Senegal, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya, Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Eritrea, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Burundi, Angola
The Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic plan outlines the phased removal of oral polio vaccines (OPVs), starting with type 2 poliovirus–containing vaccine and introduction of inactivated polio vaccine in routine immunization to mitigate...
- Category: Global initiatives
- Country: Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Gabon, Ethiopia, Cote D Ivoire, Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Not Specified
- Organisation: WHO
\"Each year, the WHO and UNICEF release an annual report that estimates global immunization coverage. The report offers a snapshot of the world’s progress toward achieving the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), which was endorsed by all 194 WHO...
- Category: Global initiatives
- Country: Ukraine, Syrian Arab Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Central African Republic
- Organisation: UNICEF, WHO
From 24-30 April 2016, countries in the African Region commemorated the 6th African Vaccination Week (AVW).The goal of AVW is to strengthen immunization programmes in the African Region by raising awareness on the need and right of...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Uganda, Somalia, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon
- Organisation: WHO
In 2011, the 46 World Health Organization (WHO) African Region (AFR) member states established a goal of measles elimination* by 2020, by achieving 1) ≥95% coverage of their target populations with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Nigeria, Gabon, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Central African Republic, Benin, Angola
On August 10, 2016, 2 years after the most recent wild poliovirus (WPV) case was reported in Nigeria (in July 2014) (1), two WPV cases were reported in the northeastern state of Borno, which has been severely affected by insurgency-related...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon
Despite the improvements made in global immunization coverage for children over the past decade,1,2 an estimated 21.8 million infants worldwide are still not being reached by routine immunization services.3 In 2013, most of the World Health...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Rwanda, Maldives, Jordan, Georgia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Costa Rica, Chad, Central African Republic, Belarus, Armenia, Albania, Afghanistan
- Organisation: WHO
Background Significant progress has been made to increase access to vaccines in Africa since the 1974 launch of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). Successes include the introduction of several new vaccines across the continent and...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Zimbabwe, Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania, Uganda, Togo, Swaziland, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Senegal, Sao Tome And Principe, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mali, Malawi, Madagascar, Liberia, Lesotho, Kenya, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Gambia, Gabon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Cote D Ivoire, Comoros, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Benin, Angola, Algeria
Fragile states are home to a sixth of the world\'s population, and their populations are particularly vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks. Timely surveillance and control are essential to minimise the impact of these outbreaks, but little...
- Category: Service delivery
- Country: Zimbabwe, Togo, Timor Leste, Tajikistan, Sudan, Somalia, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome And Principe, Myanmar, Liberia, Haiti, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Congo, Comoros, Chad, Central African Republic, Burundi, Angola, Afghanistan
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IVAC VIMS Report on Global Vaccine Introduction - September 2015 Now Available!
The September 2015 Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS)Report on Global Vaccine Introductionfrom IVAC at Johns Hopkins is now available
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World Polio Day
World Polio Day (24 October) was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of
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Polio News (December 2011)
Dear polio eradication supporter, Last month, we flagged that there would be critical changes ahead at the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to increase the speed with which we identify and addre
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Polio Monthly Situation Report (September 2011)
Dear colleagues,? Please find attached the Monthly Situation Report as usual and visit [url=http://www.polioeradication.org/]www.polioeradication.org[/url] for regular updates on the Global Polio E
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Polio Monthly Situation Report (June 2011)
Dear Colleagues, Please visit for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refer to 28 June 2011. The French version will be available on 08 J
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Polio Monthly Situation Report (January 2011)
Dear colleagues, Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 01 February 2011. The French version
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EPIVAC delivers professional training to district medical officers
[i]Written by: Philippe Jaillard and Aristide Aplogan, AMP[/i] Over the past eight years, almost 400 district medical officers in 11 African countries[sup][1][/sup] have earned professional (master
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Update on Maternal Neonatal Tetanus Elimination: October 2010
[b]UPDATE ON MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION AS OF OCTOBER 2010[/b] [b] [/b] [b] [/b]WHO/CHERG estimates for causes of child mortality show that Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) was responsib
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Monthly MNT Elimination Updates- June 2009
Launched in 1999 by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and partners the MNT Elimination initiative has led to protection of more than 90 million women against tetanus in more than 45 countries through Supplemental Im
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Post00370 GAVI UPDATE
Post00370 GAVI UPDATE 23 August2001 CONTENTS 1. GAVI INFORMATION UPDATE From: [[email protected]][email protected][/email] To: [[email protected]][email protected]
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