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Global child vaccination rates tick up, but millions still left Unprotected — WHO/UNICEF

Geneva/New York, July 15, 2026 — Global childhood immunization coverage edged higher in 2025, but progress remains fragile and uneven, with 13.5 million children receiving zero vaccine doses and measles outbreaks...

16 July, 2026

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The Bundibugyo Outbreak is exposing the world’s preparedness gap — again

The rapidly escalating Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is more than a regional health emergency. It is another stress test of whether the world has genuinely learned anything...

4 June, 2026

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Literature update ViVa week 22-2026

1. Ocular Lyme Diseases This retrospective case series synthesizes 27 published reports of ocular Lyme disease between 1988 and 2025, detailing 38 patients with diverse eye manifestations. Uveitis accounted for 45% of...

3 June, 2026

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ViVa news – Global vaccine & vaccination developments (27th May 2026)

While the Hantavirus outbreak seems under control, the Ebola crisis in Africa is more difficult to manage. Over roughly the last week, the main actionable developments have been Australia’s launch of funded RSV...

28 May, 2026

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Ebola: overview

Overview Ebola is a severe zoonotic infection caused by viruses in the genus Orthoebolavirus, with large human outbreaks caused primarily by Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus), Sudan virus, and Bundibugyo virus.1,2 The...

20 May, 2026

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Vaccines and Vaccination (ViVa) 19 news

Asia (SE Asia, China, India) No new schedule or policy updates from CDC-equivalents this week. We found no fresh national immunization schedule changes or formal vaccine-policy statements from CDC-equivalent agencies in...

13 May, 2026

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Vaccines and Vaccination (ViVa) news

Over roughly the past week, formal NITAG/agency outputs have largely reinforced and operationalized earlier 2026 policy decisions, while the most clearly “new” developments sit in World/Regional Immunization Week...

29 April, 2026

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Feature article: World Immunization Week for every generation

World Immunization Week (24–30 April) has become the flagship moment each year when the global immunization community pauses, takes stock, and speaks with one voice about the power of vaccines. Each April, the World...

22 April, 2026

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Vaccines and vaccination news

Global WHO and public health WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG‑CO‑VAC) is preparing its next decision on updated COVID‑19 vaccine antigen composition, with a meeting scheduled for May...

14 April, 2026

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ViVa news – week 13

WHO kicks off World Immunization Week 2026 campaign messaging WHO has rolled out the 2026 World Immunization Week materials under a very on‑brand call to action: “Your decision makes a difference. Immunization for all,”...

2 April, 2026

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