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The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG), a coalition of health groups including the World Health Organization, has released 70,000 doses of its experimental Ervebo vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess its effectiveness in combating the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease.
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ICG ships vaccines to Congo to test feasibility in Bundibugyo Ebola

HQ Team August 21, 2026: The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG), a coalition of health groups including the World Health Organization,.

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About 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to a UN report.
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UN says 4.9 million children died before fifth birthday two years ago

About 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to a UN report.

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The United Nations has warned that “unprecedented” global aid cuts could derail a three-year trend of a 40% decline in maternal deaths as one maternal death occurred every two minutes worldwide in 2023.
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Maternal mortality rates may fail UN goal, global aid cuts the main culprit 

HQ Team April 9, 2025: The United Nations has warned that “unprecedented” global aid cuts could derail a three-year trend of a 40%.

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Progress in slowing child mortality and stillbirth deaths has received a severe blow due to funding cuts and shortages, with 1.9 million children dying in 2023 on account of stillbirths.
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Funding cuts ‘severely’ bleeding UN’s child survival, stillbirth programs

HQ Team March 25, 2025: Progress in slowing child mortality and stillbirth deaths has received a severe blow due to global funding cuts.

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The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow people to continue accessing HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.
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US ‘humanitarian wavier’ will help deliver life-saving HIV medicines: UN

The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow.

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China has approved Merck & Co.’s human papillomavirus vaccine for males between nine and 26 years amid a fall in sales for the jab among women in the world’s most populous country, according to a company statement.
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China approves Merck’s human papillomavirus jab for use in males 

China has approved Merck & Co.’s human papillomavirus vaccine for males between nine and 26 years amid a fall in sales for the.

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Measles cases worldwide have risen 20% year-on-year in 2023 to about 10.3 million due to inadequate access to vaccines, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization.
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Measles cases surge worldwide, access to vaccine is ‘inadequate’: WHO

Measles cases worldwide have risen 20% year-on-year in 2023 to about 10.3 million due to inadequate access to vaccines, according to new estimates.

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The World Health Organization expects the first delivery of mpox vaccines, made by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union, today in Congo — the outbreak's epicentre.
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First batch of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccines in Congo by Sept. 5 

The World Health Organization expects the first delivery of mpox vaccines, made by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union, today in.

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A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in the central region, in the first round, the WHO stated.
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Aid workers begin second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza, a 3rd on way

A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral.

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United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid spread of the disease in the African continent.
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UNICEF issues emergency tender to purchase mpox vaccines

United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid.

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