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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem

18 April 2024 at 11:22
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year.

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On the way to class in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The delayed vaccines means that girls in countries such as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mozambique who are now 14 will no longer be eligible for vaccination when these campaigns finally start.

The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent

12 April 2024 at 14:44
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.

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A nurse attending to a patient with dengue at Chulucanas Hospital in Peru in February.

Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread

11 April 2024 at 13:15
One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

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A health worker administering a dosage of the cholera vaccine during an immunization campaign in Harare, Zimbabwe, in January.
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