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Nigeria first to roll out new meningitis jab
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV), recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
More African countries get GSK malaria jab for children
The World Health Organization and Unicef are to distribute 18m doses of GSK’s new RTS/S malaria vaccine to 12 countries, including nine that haven’t...
Gavi green-lights new jab in global fight against polio
The governing board of Gavi, the international organisation that provides vaccines to developing countries, had added a new shot to its roster that could help...
Cipla to produce anti-HIV injection in Benoni, Durban
The South African arm of Indian drug company Cipla has confirmed that a generic version of the two-monthly HIV prevention injection, CAB-LA (long-acting cabotegravir),...
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There has been a lot of focus on COVID-19 vaccine inequalities between high-income and low- and middle-income countries