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Malaria vaccine set for clinical trials in Africa next year

africa » gambia
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The final clinical trials for an anti-malaria vaccine are set to begin in January in seven African countries, officials from pharmaceutical giant...
anti-malaria, vaccine, health, pharmaceutical
African countries to introduce...

African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine

africa » cameroon » yaounde
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Health ministers from countries of the African meningitis belt today committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis...
meningitis, vaccine, epidemic, who

Fake Animal Vaccine Lands Man in Court

africa » gambia
Monday, August 11, 2008
One GeorgeSmith a resident of Kololi was recently arraigned before Magistrate KumbaSillah-Camara of the Bundung Magistrates’ Court charged with...
animal, vaccine, fake, court, man

Nigerian convicted

africa » gambia
Friday, May 02, 2008
A Nigerian national was recently convicted for swindling a businessman out of D500,000. Prince Victor was found culpable of receiving D500,000 from...
businessman, nigerian, prince victor, abdoulie jallow, vaccine
Somalia is again polio-free

Somalia is again polio-free

africa » somalia » mogadishu
WHO
Monday, March 31, 2008
10 000 health workers stop polio virus through immunization Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced...
polio, vaccine, immunisation, paralysis
AFRICA: Low cost meningitis va...

AFRICA: Low cost meningitis vaccine developed

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Saturday, March 08, 2008
A new low-cost and highly effective meningitis vaccine will be introduced in 2009 as trials in West Africa proved successful, the head of the project...
meningitis, vaccine, bacteria, health
COTE D'IVOIRE: Unprepared to r...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Unprepared to respond fully to meningitis threat

africa » ivory coast » bouna
IRIN
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Some 172 cases of meningitis have been reported in Cote d’Ivoire and 44 deaths since the beginning of January, but with only 400,000 vaccines...
meningitis, vaccination, vaccine, health, epidemic
Two Remanded On Bail

Two Remanded On Bail

africa » gambia » kanifing
The Point
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
The Kanifing Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, last remanded two suspects on D500,000 bail as their case now goes to trial. Prince Victor and Sarra...
bail, trial, court, money, vaccine, suspects, testimonies
AFRICA: Breakthrough in malari...

AFRICA: Breakthrough in malaria vaccine trials

africa
IRIN
Monday, October 22, 2007
An anti-malaria vaccine offering improved protection to children could be registered for use in four years, potentially saving millions of young...
regional, malaria, vaccine, UN, Unicef, protection, breakthrough, trials
NIGERIA: Polio vaccine back in...

NIGERIA: Polio vaccine back in the headlines

africa » nigeria » lagos
IRIN
Thursday, October 04, 2007
A report in an American medical journal that children in northern Nigeria have been infected with polio by the vaccine designed to prevent it have...
regional, report, journal, polio, vaccine, prevention, immunisation
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