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Malaria vaccine rolled out in Cameroon; The latest health stories from around the world

Leave a Comment / Children, Featured, infectious diseases, Malaria, News, Newsletter, Paludisme, pan-Africa / Nick Parry

Article by Lalita Panicker, Consulting Editor, Views and Editor, Insight, Hindustan Times, New Delhi After a 60-year quest, childhood malaria vaccinations were administered to infants and toddlers in Cameroon on 22 January, the world’s first routine immunization against the disease. Remarkably, the RTS,S or Mosquirix, made by GlaxoSmithKline and approved for general use in 2021 […]

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Ebola makes a comeback in Côte d’Ivoire

Leave a Comment / Ebola, Featured, infectious diseases, West Africa / chris

The Ebola virus arrested headlines earlier this year following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Now, it’s back in the news with Côte d’Ivoire detecting its first case in more than 25 years. The country’s Ministry of Health confirmed the news, after samples collected from an individual who had arrived from Guinea.

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