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Affordable vaccine brings Africa near elimination of meningitis A: WHO

Affordable vaccine brings Africa near elimination of meningitis A: WHO

Nov 11, 2015, at 02:24 pm

New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Scientists have found that 90 per cent of individuals vaccinated with a meningitis A vaccine costing less than 50 cents a dose had protective antibodies in their system 5 years later, bringing Africa close to elimination of the 'highly feared' disease on the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.

Kiribati: UN backs vaccine to protect children from life-threatening diarrhoea

Kiribati: UN backs vaccine to protect children from life-threatening diarrhoea

Aug 06, 2015, at 02:46 pm

New York, Aug 6 (IBNS): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are supporting a new vaccination campaign announced today by the Government of Kiribati to protect children from a potentially killer virus.

Ebola: WHO announces possible ‘game changer’ vaccine

Ebola: WHO announces possible ‘game changer’ vaccine

Aug 01, 2015, at 02:18 pm

New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): Having achieved its “core objective” of scaling up global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response will officially wind down on Friday, transferring its role to the World Health Organization (WHO), which just announced that an experimental vaccine being tested in Guinea appears to be highly effective and could be a “game changer.”