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afrol News, 17 November - The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations from the dangerously infectious yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today.

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Seven African states in Malaria trial

afrol News, 9 November - Seven African countries will take part in a historic malaria vaccine trials, as the world scientists strive to root out Africa’s number one killer.

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$1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines

afrol News, 21 October - Reversing a downward trend, immunisation rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank.

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» 17.09.2009 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
» 15.09.2009 - Second US-Egypt clinical study blocked
» 04.08.2009 - Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 22.07.2009 - WHO study says river blindness could be wiped out
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 08.07.2009 - New therapy against malaria in Africa announced
» 22.06.2009 - New hope for MDR TB patients
» 26.05.2009 - Agencies call for funds to replenish yellow fever vaccine supplies
» 30.04.2009 - Cyber criminals exploiting swine flu outbreak, Interpol warns
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 18.02.2009 - Pharmacists suspend strike as negotiations continue
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 16.01.2009 - New malaria medication expected in the market soon
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 09.12.2008 - African tests show malaria vaccine may come in 2011
» 28.11.2008 - Nigeria arrests seller of killer chemical on teething mixture
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 07.11.2008 - Zimbabwe releases $7.3 million global fund money
» 29.10.2008 - Investment in human lives essential amid financial crisis
» 16.10.2008 - Nigeria has hope of eradicating polio
» 03.10.2008 - Africa bound drugs seized in Belgium
» 23.07.2008 - Kenya study proves malaria drugs side effects
» 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment
» 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study
» 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
» 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available
» 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi
» 09.06.2007 - Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa
» 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure
» 07.06.2007 - 2 million Zimbabwe children get polio vaccine
» 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
» 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
» 08.03.2007 - Mali govt to "beat malaria this year"
» 01.03.2007 - New, cheap malaria cure hits African market
» 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills
» 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment"
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 08.12.2006 - Nigeria boosts research into traditional medicine
» 08.12.2006 - China exports more anti-malaria drugs to Africa
» 16.10.2006 - Africans discuss safe blood transfusions
» 08.09.2006 - Mass polio vaccination in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
» 20.02.2006 - New mass campaign against polio in Sudan
» 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger
» 10.11.2005 - New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented
» 16.06.2005 - Polio at Somalia, Somaliland doorstep
» 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda
» 17.01.2005 - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful"
» 13.01.2005 - New African pledge to eradicate polio
» 04.01.2005 - Darfur war may halt worldwide polio vaccination
» 14.12.2004 - Large child health campaign under way in Togo
» 15.10.2004 - Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique
» 15.10.2004 - 7.3 million vaccinated against measles in Madagascar
» 12.10.2004 - Protests against AIDS drug price hike in South Africa
» 05.10.2004 - African polio campaign started in Nigeria
» 14.09.2004 - Uganda, Nigeria to regulate traditional healers
» 09.09.2004 - Traditional healers recognised by South African lawmakers
» 04.09.2004 - Nigeria reaffirms commitment to polio eradication
» 02.07.2004 - Niger polio situation "still a concern"
» 02.07.2004 - Little enthusiasm for generic AIDS drug plans in South Africa
» 01.07.2004 - Polio campaign in north Nigeria starts next week
» 01.06.2004 - New AIDS drug to begin distribution in Nigeria
» 18.05.2004 - Egypt soon polio-free; Niger, Nigeria later on
» 12.05.2004 - Polio vaccines now accepted all over Nigeria
» 06.04.2004 - New uses for West Africa's miracle yohimbe tree
» 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens
» 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable"
» 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire
» 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
» 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa
» 14.01.2004 - Experimental Mozambican mass cholera vaccination begins
» 05.01.2004 - Nigerians confirm polio vaccine is safe
» 18.11.2003 - Human testing of Ebola vaccine has begun
» 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea
» 09.09.2003 - New HIV test approved by Ugandan authorities
» 30.07.2003 - South African Nevirapine farce continues
» 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated

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