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Vaccination: A thread of protection across generations | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (428+ words) Brazzaville " Mohamed arrives at Moungali Health Centre in northern Brazzaville carrying his ten-day-old son, Petito, in his arms. On this particular morning, he is the one bringing his child for vaccination. Every working day, families from surrounding neighbourhoods visit the…...
WHO field coordination turns zero dose data into targeted action to reach every child
2+ week, 3+ day ago (443+ words) Mbale, Uganda: Across the hills and lowland communities of Eastern Uganda, strengthened collaboration is transforming how routine immunisation and public health emergencies are addressed. In many of the 16 districts and one city that make up the Mbale Region, children in…...
Fatima Ahamada Hamadi: On the frontlines of vaccination in the Comoros
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) Koimbani'In the district of Oichili-Dimani, Comoros, Fatima Ahamada Hamadi knows every village, every family and often every child she follows up. A certified nurse since 2011 and focal person of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), she has dedicated more than…...
Where trust turns into protection: The school at the heart of Malawi's polio breakthrough
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (338+ words) At Makawa Primary School, where more than 5, 000 children fill classrooms each day, the morning of 24 March 2026, the first day in Malawi's round 1 nationwide polio vaccination campaign, carried a quiet urgency and a powerful sense of hope. By 10 AM, over 1, 600 children…...
Two Friends, Two Drops, One Promise: A Village's Hope Against Polio
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (280+ words) On a warm morning in Chembe Village, along the shimmering shores of Lake Malawi in Cape Maclear, laughter travels faster than the breeze. It belongs to two inseparable friends Caroline and Madalitso'whose bond is as strong as their shared courage....
Immunizing hard-to-reach populations in Eritrea
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (407+ words) Asmara'Eritrea's mountainous central region is home to seasonally migratory populations. Nomadic lifestyle complicates access to basic services, especially among women and children who face higher health risks such as maternal mortality and immunization gaps due to geographic isolation, mobility and…...
Niger takes a decisive step forward against polio
2+ mon, 20+ hour ago (360+ words) Polio, a viral disease that can cause irreversible paralysis, continues to threaten children who have never received a vaccine'known as "zero dose'as well as those insufficiently vaccinated. In some hard-to-reach areas of Diffa, the virus can circulate silently, putting the…...