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As 93% of eligible children are reached in an outbreak-hit part of Malawi, health workers laud parents for understanding that “the vaccines are life-saving”. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Guinea has achieved a historic milestone by eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem, becoming the first country to conquer this deadly neglected tropical disease with the support of DNDi. In Step 1, read how the tsetse fly was controlled.
When a powerful earthquake devastated communities in Myanmar, International Medical Corps rushed in to provide medical services.
Making sure all at-risk children can access the vaccine is proving to be the key to a steeply falling prevalence of the chronic infection. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
Guinea has achieved a historic milestone by eliminating sleeping sickness as a public health problem, becoming the first country to conquer this deadly neglected tropical disease through innovative research, community trust, and international collaboration, with the support of DNDi.
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