In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries – Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone – today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West…

An estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines in the African region over the past 50 years. For every infant life saved over that period, close to 60 years of life are lived, a new report by World Health Organization (WHO)…

WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launch "Humanly Possible" campaign to scale up vaccination programmes around the world during World Immunization Week 2024.

Africa Vaccination Week is an annual event established 13 years ago and endorsed by African Union member states. It presents a unique opportunity for countries in the Africa region to campaign for strengthened and effective immunisation delivery…

A project to recruit and train religious leaders to deliver information on vaccination has made strides, health workers say, among a population renowned for hesitancy. 

Donald Grant is the young scientist who stepped up to finish the work of his mentor who died from Ebola. He is now rebuilding the research programme on Lassa fever in Sierra Leone.