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WHO Says Vaccinations Save Millions in Africa, but US Aid Cuts and Iran War Threaten Progress
- On Wednesday, the World Health Organization and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, released an analysis showing vaccination efforts have averted 19.5 million measles deaths in Africa since 2000.
- Routine immunization schedules now protect against 13 vaccine-preventable diseases, up from eight in 2000, while 44 countries introduced a second measles dose to boost coverage from 5% to 55%.
- Beyond measles, more than 500 million children have been protected through routine vaccination since 2000, as supplemental campaigns delivered 622 million vaccinations across Africa.
- However, WHO Regional Director Mohamed Janabi warned that progress is slowing, citing U.S. aid cuts under President Donald Trump's "America First" policy and Middle East conflicts straining health funding.
- To reach the 90% coverage target, Gavi CEO Sania Nishtar stressed there is "more work to do," emphasizing African governments must increase domestic health financing to address uneven vaccination access.
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WHO Says Iran War, U.S. Aid Cuts Threaten Progress in African Vaccination Campaigns
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing in some countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, amid warnings that cuts to United...
Despite significant progress in immunization in Africa, millions of children still lack vaccines. This is one of the findings of the report published yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO). Titled Towards Immunization Agenda 2030 targets, the document highlights major advances: 1.9 million lives were saved by vaccination in 2024, wild poliovirus was eradicated in 2020 and more than 1 billion children have been vaccinated since 2000, bu…
Immunization programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, warning that funding cuts and the armed conflict in Iran are putting the program at risk. In its first comprehensive report on the subject, the WHO said more than 500 million African children have received routine immunizations since 2000, averting more than 4 million …
WHO says vaccinations saving millions in Africa, but U.S aid cuts and Iran war threaten progress
Vaccination programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing in some countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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WHO says vaccinations save millions in Africa, but US aid cuts and Iran war threaten progress
Vaccination programs across Africa have saved tens of millions of lives over the past two decades, but progress is slowing in some countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, amid warnings that cuts to United States aid risk leaving millions of children unprotected.Health systems in the continent of 1.5 billion people face growing uncertainty following the U.S. pullback from global health funding under President Donald Trump’s “Amer…
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