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Nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 2026

11/04/2018 ANA 0

ABUJA, NIGERIA – Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from WHO, Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health partners. […]

Amidst insecurity, WHO and partners have reached an estimated 1.1 million South Sudanese children with oral polio vaccines

18/11/2016 ANA 0

18 November 2016, Juba, South Sudan – Despite the ongoing violence sweeping much of the country, the third round of the National Immunization Days of 2016 campaign is being implemented across South Sudan to ensure […]

300 million child-friendly antimalarial treatments supplied without profit by Novartis

09/12/2015 ANA 0

Novartis (NVS) (http://www.Novartis.com) announced today that it has reached a delivery milestone of 300 million pediatric antimalarial treatments supplied without profit since 2009, helping to reduce the disease burden for children in more than 30 […]

At 25, UNICEF Report Highlights Disparity Among 2.2 Billion Children; Urging Sharper Focus to Bridge the Gap—From Alhassan Yushau, ANA North America Editor and United Nations Correspondent

25/02/2014 ANA 0

As it marks a quarter-century of advancing children’s rights, UNICEF has released The State of World Children 2014 calling for innovative ways of identifying and addressing the gaps that prevent the less advantaged among the […]

Young People Today Time to Act Now: An Opinion Editorial By Prof. Sheila Tlou UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa

12/11/2013 ANA 0

On 6-7 December 2013, education and health ministers from 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, to agree on a political commitment based on UN and civil society […]

Japan steps up to help stop polio outbreak in Somalia

19/08/2013 ANA 0

UNICEF has received an emergency contribution of US$1.3 million from the Government of Japan to procure and distribute urgently needed polio vaccines for children in Somalia. With a growing number of unvaccinated children now facing […]

At Dakar Conference, Countries Showcase Increased Efforts to Fund Their Own Immunization Programs

06/08/2013 ANA 0

Sabin Vaccine Institute convenes government officials to discuss progress on sustainable immunization financing programs The Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) Program today (August 5, 2013) assembled senior officials from 17 countries to share […]

EGYPT-LIBYA: Stranded at the border – and frustrated

07/04/2011 ANA 0

Liberian migrant James Saah, 40, sells bottles of perfume and soap from a makeshift stall in no-man’s land between Libya and Egypt, near the Egyptian border town of Saloum. He fled Libya, where he was […]