WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Ugan...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , ebola , The World Health Organization

WHO says Ebola outbreak not yet global emergency

By VOA,

The World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak, despite its recent sp...

Deadly ebola outbreak , DRC Congo , uganda , World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak

By Reuters,

Africa could be declared free of endemic “wild” polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nigeria almost three years ago does not resurface, ...

Polio

Malawi becomes 1st nation to immunize kids against malaria

By VOA,

The World Health Organization says Malawi has become the first country to begin immunizing children against malaria, using the only licensed vaccine t...

MALARIA , Malawi

Ebola spread concentrated in Congo, not a wider emergency: WHO

By Reuters,

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has killed more than 700 people and is continuing to spread does not constitute an...

Congo , ebola

India, Southeast Asia to mark five years of being polio-free

By VOA,

The World Health Organization says that on March 27, India's 1.3 billion people and the entire WHO Southeast Asia region will celebrate five years of ...

India , Polio , who

From flying toilets to ‘froggers’ – Kenya struggles with slum waste

By Reuters,

Most of Patrick ‘Moreno’ Osunda’s neighbours curse when the rains make the latrines overflow. For him, it’s the smell of money. Osunda is...

Kibera

China: Tests of possibly tainted medical product show no HIV

By Reuters,

China is investigating a manufacturer of medical products following reports that it sold human immunoglobulin for intravenous injection that had possi...

China Meheco Xinxing Pharma Co , HIV

Chinese police begin new probe into expired polio vaccines

By Reuters,

Police in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu have begun an investigation after at least 145 children received expired polio vaccines, the Global Ti...

polio vaccines

145 babies given expired polio vaccine as concerns surge over made-in-China products

By Agencies,

More than 100 children were given an expired polio vaccine in China, reports from State media said. According to South China Morning Post, 145 babi...

china , polio vaccine

WHO says spread of polio remains international health emergency

By Reuters,

The spread of polio must still be classified as a public health emergency because, while progress has been made towards wiping out the disease, that p...

Polio , World Health Organization (WHO).

Ministry of Health dispels claims, says polio vaccine is safe

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health has dispelled reports that two children developed skin lesions after being administered the polio vaccine. In a statement to...

Polio

Kavonokia, Akorino sect members in jail for resisting polio vaccine

By Nancy Chepkoech,

Three Kavonokia and Akorino sect members were on Monday arrested after they blocked public health officials from administering the polio vaccine on th...

Akorino , Kajiado , Kavonokia , Polio

Anxiety as Nairobi polio vaccine triggers worrying symptoms

By Citizen Reporter,

By Irene Kabithi Mothers whose children were given the new upgraded polio vaccine are still pouring their worries on social media, some saying the ...

Director of Medical Services , Dr Jackson Kioko , Polio

WHO preparing for worst-case Ebola scenario

By CNN,

The World Health Organization is preparing for the "worst-case scenario" as it continues to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic o...

Democratic Republic of Congo. , ebola , Guinea , Liberia , Sierra Leone , The World Health Organization , west africa

Nairobi on high alert as new polio virus is discovered in Eastleigh

By Mercy Kandie,

Nairobi has been put on high alert following the discovery of a new strain of polio. The Ministry of Health now says it is putting all its resource...

Eastleigh , ministry of health , Nairobi , Polio , Polio outbreak , vaccination

Nairobi polio campaign targets 800,000 children

By Abednego Tendu,

The Government will from Wednesday conduct a polio immunization campaign in different parts of Nairobi. It is a supplementary move aimed at boosti...

KEMRI , Kenya Medical Research Institute , ministry of health , OPV , polio vaccination , poliovirus

Almost to the End of Polio

By Citizen Reporter,

There are only two places in the entire world where children have caught polio this year: Afghanistan and Pakistan. In these countries, the virus is n...

polio campaign , polio vaccination exercise , Polio Vaccination Row , polio vaccine

1 in 10 Babies Received No Vaccinations in 2016

By VOA,

Nearly one in 10 infants worldwide, or 12.9 million, received no vaccinations in 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Those infan...

BCG shortage in Kenya , diphtheria , DTP3 vaccination , Ebola vaccine , Measles and Rubella vaccination , pertussis , Tetanus , vaccination campaign

Polio vaccine campaign targets 100m African children

By Reuters,

Health workers are preparing to vaccinate more than 116 million children against polio across West and Central Africa in a drive to contain an outbrea...