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Healthcare

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Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

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Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

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Public Health

African leaders pledge to drive routine immunisation and polio eradication

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in Burundi, Congo

Bhargav Acharya 20 Mar 2023

Emergency Medicine

Southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

18 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

Infectious Diseases

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

The polio eradication programme in Africa directly combated a severe debilitating disease. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

How ending polio in Africa has had positive spinoffs for public health

Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Nov 2020

The increasingly well-coordinated global anti-vaccine movement has repurposed itself to challenge the very reality of COVID-19. Hasan Esen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Scott C Ratzan, Agnes Binagwaho, Heidi Larson, Jeffrey V Lazarus, Kenneth Rabin & Lawrence O Gostin 29 Oct 2020

The Grand Hotel Taipei in Taiwan lights up rooms to mark five days with no new COVID-19 cases.

Covid-19

Is reaching zero Covid-19 possible?

Kingston Mills 22 Oct 2020

Vaccines are some of the most equitable and cost-effective health interventions available. ranplett/GettyImages

Public Health

Why a campaign to champion all vaccines matters now more than ever

Katherine E Gallagher, Anthony Scott, Ifedayo Adetifa, John Ojal, Shirine Voller & Wangeci Kagucia 5 May 2020

A Nigerian child receives a dose of the polio vaccine. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Complacency could delay the final push to eradicate polio

Villyen Motaze & Melinda Suchard 5 Dec 2019

Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state. Wikimedia Commons

Infectious Diseases

Valuable lessons from Nigeria's marathon effort to eradicate polio

Oyewale Tomori 21 Oct 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

Infectious Diseases

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

ESG

Dangote ranked 11th on 50 World's Greatest Leaders 2019 list

22 May 2019

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

Public Health

Immunisation coverage stagnating in Africa

25 Jan 2019

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Infectious Diseases

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

ESG

Bill Gates to visit Nigeria

22 Mar 2018

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

Infectious Diseases

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

12 Dec 2017

Photo by Ankush Minda via Unsplash

Railway

Senate okays government's $1.8bn for railway projects

Henry Umoru 29 Jul 2017

Infectious Diseases

Rotary adds $35m to polio-fighting coffers

21 Sep 2016

New cases thwart Nigeria's polio-free plans

Infectious Diseases

New cases thwart Nigeria's polio-free plans

15 Aug 2016

Africa 'Polio Free' campaign gains momentum

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Africa 'Polio Free' campaign gains momentum

29 Apr 2016

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Every shot counts

Public Health

[WorldImmunisationWeek] Every shot counts

29 Apr 2016

Nigerian president saluted for anti-polio campaign

Infectious Diseases

Nigerian president saluted for anti-polio campaign

10 Mar 2016

Polio eradication initiative receives $40.4m from Rotary

Health & Social Welfare

Polio eradication initiative receives $40.4m from Rotary

2 Nov 2015

Rotary assists Nigeria in final battle to beat polio

CSI

Rotary assists Nigeria in final battle to beat polio

27 Jan 2015

Philanthropist gives Rotary US$1 million for polio eradication

Infectious Diseases

Philanthropist gives Rotary US$1 million for polio eradication

9 Jun 2014

CSI

Rotary to commit US$75 million to end polio

27 Sep 2012

Asian digital publishing innovators announced

Events & Conferencing

Asian digital publishing innovators announced

25 Nov 2011

Bill Gates gives polio the boot...

CSI

Bill Gates gives polio the boot...

8 Jun 2010

Public Health

Health dept to outline 2010 World Cup plans

Gabi Khumalo 29 Jul 2009

Infectious Diseases

KENYA: Polio control efforts under way

13 Mar 2009

Public Health

Cameroon To Host WHO Regional Committee For Africa

30 Aug 2008

Public Health

UN agency declares Somalia polio-free

26 Mar 2008

Noncommunicable diseases

Nigeria: Polio vaccine back in the headlines

4 Oct 2007