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HORN OF AFRICA: The pastoralis...

HORN OF AFRICA: The pastoralist way of life – a fragile future for millions of children

africa
IRIN
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Pastoralist children in the Horn of Africa face some of the greatest challenges and are among the most vulnerable in the world, according to a new...
editors, choice, children, pastoralist, UN, Unicef, communication, vaccination, health care
SUDAN: New polio case sparks v...

SUDAN: New polio case sparks vaccination programme

africa » sudan
IRIN
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
UN agencies and Sudanese health officials began a two-day countrywide polio immunisation campaign on 23 October, following reports of a new case of...
regional, UN, agencies, health, polio, campaign, WHO, vaccination
DRC: Vaccination campaign for ...

DRC: Vaccination campaign for displaced in North Kivu

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
IRIN
Friday, September 14, 2007
A vaccination campaign targeting thousands of displaced children and pregnant women is to commence next week in a camp in North Kivu, eastern...
regional, vaccination, campaign, children, pregnant women, measles, UN, Unicef, programme, medicine
CONGO: Polio vaccinations for ...

CONGO: Polio vaccinations for 400,000 children

africa » congo basin
IRIN
Thursday, July 05, 2007
The health ministry in the Republic of Congo has successfully vaccinated 400,000 children under the age of five against polio, officials said. The...
regional, health, polio, vaccination, virus
Scaling up child survival in S...

Scaling up child survival in Sierra Leone

africa » sierra leone
Reliefweb.org
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Targeting more than 1.2 million women of childbearing age for tetanus toxoid and 85,000 children under the age of five for Vitamin A and deworming ...
editors, choice, children, vaccination, immunization, health, aid
New online database to help fi...

New online database to help fight infectious diseases

WHO
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Comprehensive information will spur development of medicines An international network of researchers announced today the release of a new web-based...
editors, choice, internet, database, disease, health, cure, vaccination
NIGERIA: Government blames pol...

NIGERIA: Government blames polio vaccine boycott on Pfizer trials

africa » nigeria
IRIN
Sunday, June 10, 2007
The Nigerian authorities this week said a controversial 1996 drug trial by pharmaceutical company Pfizer was one of the main reasons why many people...
regional, vaccination, poilio, health, campaign, boycott
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