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The World Health Organization has added a second malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines to enable greater access to inoculate children as a primary preventive measure.
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WHO places second malaria jab on ‘list of prequalified vaccines’

HQ Team December 21, 2023: The World Health Organization has added a second malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines to enable.

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African researchers and European scientists, conducting clinical trials for an HIV vaccine, have halted further vaccinations after they turned out to be ineffective in preventing people from getting the virus.
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African-European HIV vaccine clinical trials come to a grinding halt

HQ Team December 11, 2023: African researchers and European scientists, conducting clinical trials for an HIV vaccine, have halted further vaccinations after they turned.

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The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health Organization stated.
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WHO maintains global cholera risk at “very high” category

HQ Team December 8, 2023: The current global risk from cholera is “very high” with vaccines running short of demand, the World Health.

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A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to lower infection rates among people with African ancestry, may help direct future treatment of the virus, according to global researchers
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New African HIV gene variant may help future treatment of virus

HQ Team August 7, 2023: A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to.

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People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic, weather shocks, and conflicts, according to a UN report.
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Hunger on the rise globally, may miss SDG target for 2030: UN warns

HQ Team July 13, 2023: People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic,.

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
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A dozen African nations to receive 18 million shots of malaria vaccine

HQ Team July 6, 2023: The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first.

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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission
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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission

HQ Team June 23, 2023: Australian researchers have unearthed the process of how an infectious virus enters human cells from animals. The researchers.

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Every seven seconds a baby or a woman has died during childbirth, with no progress being made in the last eight years to provide healthcare facilities due to lack of funds,  the WHO stated.
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Baby or woman dies every 7 seconds during childbirth: WHO

HQ Team May 9, 2023: Every seven seconds a baby or a woman has died during childbirth, with no progress been made in.

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Record-breaking heat caused by greenhouse gases, ocean heat, and ocean acidification have resulted in glacial melts, a rise in sea levels, and human displacement last year,  according to a WMO report. 
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Failing crops, melting glaciers, record-smashing heat in 2022: WMO

HQ Team April 22, 2023: Record-breaking heat caused by greenhouse gases, ocean heat, and ocean acidification have resulted in glacial melts, a rise.

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Dengue viral infection has increased from 505,430 cases in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019, and its spread among humans is increasing globally, the WHO stated
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Dengue viral infections on the rise globally: WHO

HQ Team April 6, 2023: Dengue viral infection has increased from 505,430 cases in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019, and its spread.

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