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Vaccines for a range of diseases are now ubiquitous. But not for all, and even when they do exist a host of reasons mean that millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa don’t have access to them.
In case you missed them, here’s a selection of some of our best read articles on the subject. Yap Boum unpacks the difficulty of getting an Ebola vaccine to remote areas in the DRC, while Oyewale Tomori explains how rumours are scuppering vaccination drives in Nigeria. Kenya doesn’t have a flu vaccine policy. Jeanette Dawa explains why this is a problem.
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A child receives the MenAfriVac™ vaccine in Burkina Faso.
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Judith Mueller, École des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP) – USPC
Vaccines that help prevent meningococcal disease don't give lifetime protection.
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A nurse prepares the Ebola vaccine in Bikoro in the DRC.
MSF/Louise Annaud
Yap Boum, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Teams administering the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in a race against time to find and help people exposed.
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Jeanette Dawa, University of Nairobi
Influenza is an important cause of severe respiratory illness in Kenya especially among children below two years of age.
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Marta C. Nunes, University of the Witwatersrand; Clare Cutland, University of the Witwatersrand
Giving pregnant mothers the flu vaccine protected their babies from getting the flu in the first six months of life.
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David Richard Walwyn, University of Pretoria
Manufacturing one of the world's most important vaccines will have several benefits for South Africa.
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Oyewale Tomori, Nigerian Academy of Science
Social media rumours are putting Nigeria's vaccination campaigns at risk.
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