The BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India, and China — are playing an increasingly important role in innovation. Their growing domestic markets demand goods that meet their specific needs, and their dynamic...
About 1.4 million children under 12 months of age will be vaccinated against five deadly diseases under a four-year program beginning in October, an official from the Ministry of Health said last week. The pentavalent...
To control and prevent measles outbreaks in developing countries, the GAVI Alliance will provide up to an additional US$ 162 million. This funding will help countries to bridge critical gaps in their efforts to build...
The introduction of rotavirus vaccines into the country’s routine immunization program marks an historic landmark in improving access to life-saving tools for children who need them the most. “This is a major step for...
Ministers of Health from 194 countries at the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly today endorsed a landmark Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP), a roadmap to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access...
Some 80,000 to 100,000 children die every year in Pakistan due to pneumonia, a disease that can be prevented if children under the age of two are vaccinated against it, reported the Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA).
To meet demand from developing countries, the GAVI Alliance will take its first steps towards the introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) and rubella vaccines
Seth Berkley is the new CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) which gave a record $165 million grant to induct the pentavalent vaccine into India’s universal immunization program.
The Measles Initiative and the GAVI Alliance announced that infections resulting from the re-use of syringes for immunizations have been reduced to practically zero