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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance helps vaccinate half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating diseases. #VaccinesWork #ForOurFuture

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Good health is priceless... but it also pays off.

Since 2000, Gavi’s immunisation programs have generated over US$ 308 billion in economic benefits for lower-income countries by preventing illness, lowering healthcare costs and keeping children healthy and productive. www.gavi.org/progress-rep...

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Cancer isn’t contagious. Except, occasionally, when it is.

In dogs, Tasmanian devils, clams and now catfish, scientists have found cancers that can physically pass from one animal to another and continue growing in a new host.

Here’s how these strange cases are blurring the lines: bit.ly/4dV0Z0c

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The recent death of a Russian plague researcher has revived a question scientists have been working on for more than 100 years: how do we vaccinate effectively against plague, especially its rare but deadly pneumonic form?

Here’s what we know about existing vaccines and what's next: bit.ly/3VE8ySK

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“When a mother understands what the vaccine protects her child from, she no longer needs to be persuaded. She makes the decision herself.”

In a remote corner of Uzbekistan, one nurse is showing what can be achieved when vaccine confidence is built on trust and respect. bit.ly/3Ud7iph

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Population movements can create gaps in healthcare, especially for children whose vaccination records are incomplete or missing.

As nearly 60,000 Malawians returned from South Africa, health workers used temporary arrival centres to screen children and provide catch up vaccines: bit.ly/479jgmI

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A lab worker at a Russian plague research institute has died after developing severe pneumonia, prompting speculation about pneumonic plague.

But the cause of death has not been confirmed and the WHO says the current public health risk appears low.

So what’s going on? bit.ly/4iae5Iv

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In Uganda’s meningitis belt, vaccination helped drive meningitis A cases down by 99% across the region by 2021. Today, many young people in eastern Uganda have never seen the disease at all.

A reminder that prevention only works if awareness and vaccination continue. Read more: bit.ly/4yxjEr4

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A community can look well protected against measles on paper and still contain pockets where an outbreak can take hold.

New research analysing vaccination data from more than 50,000 US schools found that broader county averages often masked much lower coverage in individual schools. bit.ly/3VuQ0nW

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Now, a community-led project is responding by bringing health workers, local leaders and families together, taking vaccination services closer to where people live.

Here’s how VACCIPROTECT has helped more than 14,700 children catch up on missed vaccines: bit.ly/3TZqZkk

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For some families in Mauritania, the barriers to vaccination are more than simply distance. Long queues, limited information, mistrust and misinformation can all make it harder for parents to get their children vaccinated. (1/2)

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In Uganda, nearly 79,000 people are currently living with albinism. Harmful myths and stigma about the condition put this community at risk of missing out on routine vaccines.

Advocacy group SNUPA is changing that, achieving an incredible 99% vaccination rate among its members: bit.ly/47tbrIA

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When Charles Odira first became a community health promoter, some families were reluctant to let a man speak to women and girls about reproductive and child health. But being a male health worker has also given him an unexpected advantage: access to fathers. (1/2)

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Countries already carry the day-to-day responsibility of delivering health services. The next phase of global health reform is about making that easier, with fewer duplicative systems, better aligned partners and more room for countries to lead: bit.ly/4ASJ3NO

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For centuries, rinderpest haunted cattle herds across the world, devastating the communities that depended on them.

Then, in 2011, it became only the second disease humanity had ever eradicated.

The remarkable story of how it happened, via VaccinesWork: bit.ly/4yeVBNw

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As a paediatric infectious disease specialist, José Eduardo Oliva Marín knew exactly how serious a diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis could be. So when his 14-year-old daughter was diagnosed with it, that clinical knowledge suddenly became deeply personal. #WorldMeningitisDay (1/2)

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For Isabell Wachera, meningitis was not a single moment of illness. After years of seizures, headaches and being told nothing was wrong, she was finally diagnosed with TB meningitis in 2023. She is still living with the after-effects today.

Her story for #WorldMeningitisDay: bit.ly/4y0z1Y0

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