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ViVa breaking news: Global vaccine updates – 23 December 2025

Europe On 11 December 2025, EMA’s CHMP recommended granting marketing authorisation in the EU for mNexspike, an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine targeting the LP.8.1 variant for the 2025–26 season, adding another option to the...

24 December, 2025

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November 2025 vaccine – manufacturer news

Western Companies Pfizer updated its public R&D pipeline on 4 November 2025, highlighting late-stage vaccine assets (including RSV, meningococcal, and next-generation COVID products) while signaling a more selective...

3 December, 2025

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Outbreak of the Marburg virus reported in Kagera Region, Tanzania – a recurring problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania’s Kagera region. This area, which has previously faced a similar outbreak, is now grappling with nine suspected...

16 January, 2025

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Democratic Republic of the Congo launches malaria vaccine into routine immunization

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached a major public health milestone by successfully integrating the malaria vaccine into its national routine immunization programme. This remarkable initiative has...

1 November, 2024

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UNICEF issues emergency tender for mpox vaccines to combat ongoing outbreak

UNICEF has announced the issuance of an emergency tender to procure mpox vaccines, aiming to curb the ongoing outbreak that has been declared a public health emergency by both the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...

2 September, 2024

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Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends

The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended with no new cases reported over the past 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment. The outbreak, which was declared on 13 February...

9 June, 2023

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African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases – a giant step

Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and...

19 May, 2023

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Nigeria approves R21 Malaria Vaccine

Malaria is one of the most important public health concerns in the world. According to the latest WHO World Malaria Report, there were 247 million cases of malaria in 2021 compared to 245 million cases in 2020. The...

19 April, 2023

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Equatorial Guinea: 10 deaths from Marburg virus

A new provisional death toll from the Marburg virus outbreak that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea has reached 10 confirmed deaths, the health ministry said Monday. “It said it had no...

5 April, 2023

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Republic of Tanzania declares Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) Outbreak

On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Bukoba district, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. Cumulatively, eight confirmed cases...

30 March, 2023

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