This talk was given at a local TEDx event. The speaker talks about preventing chronic diseases in developing countries, with a particular focus on diabetes, one of the fastest growing health challenges in Africa.

Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the achievements of the global polio programme and the way head, focussing on India's efforts.

On September 28, CSIS hosted a major international conference that brought together polio eradication leaders for a full day of panels and discussion. Here is an interview with Michel Zaffra

MenAfriVac, a new vaccine against Meningococcal Meningitis seroptype Nm A, is expected to prevent meningitis epidemics in Africa's "meningitis belt" of 25 countries that stretch from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east. Hit by epidemics every few years, the meningitis belt accounts for 95 percent of the world's meningococcal meningitis disease burden. The region's worst epidemic in recent times, the 1996 epidemic, hit more than 250,000 people in the region, killing 25,000 people and causing residual disability for 50,000 others. Besides the death and disability though, meningitis epidemics have a profound socio-political significance too. Epidemics frighten people away from work and cost large amounts of money to handle. Developed by the Meningitis Vaccine Project, a joint project of PATH and WHO, the vaccine was launched in Burkina Faso in November 2010. MenAfriVac costs less than 50 US cents per dose and is 95 percent effective. The GAVI Alliance is paying the overwhelming majority of costs to roll the vaccine out. If fully funded, GAVI expects to see 236 million people vaccinated with MenAfriVac in all 25 countries of the meningitis belt.

This documentary examines the remarkable global response to devastating meningitis A outbreaks in Africa and the rapid development of an affordable vaccine to eliminate these recurring epidemics.

'Main Bhi ASHA' explores the journey of an ASHA and ANM working to fully immunzing every child as part of Mission Indradhanush

Clinical research funded by Gavi partners at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu is helping shape Nepal’s immunisation policy against its biggest child killer: pneumonia. This video shows how disease burden and impact studies at Patan have guided the national introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal vaccines, which protect children against the two main causes of pneumonia.

Internationally recognized experts give research updates on vaccine work for worldwide problems, such as HIV and Ebola, as well as updates on vaccine efforts of particular relevance to Montana, such as in brucellosis. Research efforts led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Merck & Co., Inc., are also summarized.

Everybody is talking about Measles – but what does the virus actually do in the body? Is it really so harmful that you need a vaccination? We go deep into the body of an infected person and see what Measles does and how the immune system reacts to it!

ealth Ministry launched single vaccine for dual protection against measles and rubella as part of Universal Immunization Programme

The next epidemic could start anywhere, reach anyone, and wipe out millions. But together we can #OutsmartEpidemics. Please like, comment and share this video to help spread the word

In rural Rajasthan, a simple necklace - which contains a child's vaccination records in a computer chip - is helping boost the numbers protected.

From firefighter to scientist, pilot to doctor, these children have big dreams. But without vaccines, those dreams will be out of reach. Today, vaccines are protecting more children than ever before. But 1.5 million more could be saved each year if we close the gap by reaching the most disadvantaged children.

George Washington students interview LMI’s Roger Miller & Shanta Whitaker regarding their recent publication in Health Affairs, "Reorganizing Nigeria’s Vaccine Supply Chain Reduces Need For Additional Storage Facilities, But More Storage Is Required.”

The eradication of polio has served as a model for many efforts to contain and eliminate other diseases, Mike McGovern, chair of Rotary International’s PolioPlus Committee, tells Devex Impact associate editor Adva Saldinger in this video interview.

As the first developing country to introduce the pneumococcal vaccine in April 2009, Rwanda made a major milestone for disease prevention in the developing world.

Diarrhoea is among the top 10 causes of illnesses in children in Uganda. An infection known as Rotavirus accounts for almost 40% of diarrheal cases.

Health experts estimate that over 10,000 children below 5 years die each year due to rotavirus diarrhoea.

In Health Focus, NTV’S Walter Mwesigye looks at the efforts that the government has made in fighting the virus.