Seventy seven percent of children 12–23 months in Nigeria did not receive all routine immunisation – survey findings
A major survey finding from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunisation Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS) reveals…
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Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe
The first trial of a pioneering therapy to retrain the immune system and slow the…
Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of…
Millions of African children to get polio vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in…
Experimental vaccine protects against two strains of malaria
An experimental anti-malaria vaccine has been developed that protects against more than one strain of…
Prime-boost Ebola vaccine yields immune response at one year
A prime-boost Ebola vaccine regimen that is well into clinical trials shows immune response one…
Study identifies African-specific genomic variant associated with obesity
An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look…
To test Zika vaccines, scientists need a new outbreak
Researchers are eager to test promising vaccines against Zika, the virus that sparked a global…
Researchers explore why pre-eclampsia is more common in women of African descent
A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother’s blood pressure to rise – often fatally…
The yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo ends
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared the end of the yellow fever outbreak in…