Experts appointed by the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr are expected to review newborn hepatitis B vaccines on Thursday, considering whether to delay the shots despite opposition from many doctors. The newly appointed Advisory Committee on Read more…
The Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, says Nigeria is not yet capable of producing vaccines locally. Salako spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, addressing the nation’s vaccine production capacity. When asked if Read more…
A US panel stacked with figures sympathetic to the anti-vaccine movement opened a highly politicised meeting Thursday on the defensive, insisting that they are “pro-vaccine” even as public Health experts fear the group is set to upend longstanding medical Read more…
The Democratic Republic of Congo began on Sunday a vaccine programme against a fresh Ebola epidemic, which has killed 28 people in the country since late August. A first load of 400 doses against the often fatal viral disease was Read more…
The head of Gavi said Thursday the organisation which vaccinates children in the world’s poorest countries was “disappointed” after Washington announced it was pulling funding in an incendiary video questioning its safety standards. A Brussels summit held by the group Read more…
The Gates Foundation has announced a commitment of $1.6 billion over the next five years to support Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver lifesaving vaccines to children and prevent disease in the world’s most vulnerable communities. The Foundation made Read more…