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Babushka midwives, bearing the burden
Despite serving as a health worker for more than three decades and being the proud Babushka of 23 grandchildren, Sanovar Partieva still cannot bear the tears and cries of a newborn baby receiving its...
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Fewer children dying from preventable diseases
Child survival is strongly linked to access to vaccines, according to a leading expert in global health. In this video, Professor Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health at the Karolinska...
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How to save six million lives by 2020
Giving the world’s poorest people access to vaccines can prevention millions of deaths, according to the GAVI Alliance – a public-private partnership funded by governments, philanthropists and...
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Bringing vaccines to the world’s poorest children
At the beginning of the 21st century there was a growing conviction that vaccinations were one of the most cost-effective ways of advancing global health. What happened next changed millions of lives....
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World leaders back vaccines for poorest children
Governments and philanthropists have promised to immunise a further 300 million children as part of a global effort to save 6 million more lives by 2020. At the Gavi Pledging Conference in Berlin this...
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7 reasons I love Bill Gates
I love Bill Gates. There, I said it. Yes, he’s a nerd with a love of science and technology – but that only makes him more interesting. Gates changed the world once by helping to make home computers a...
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Tips for immunisation advocacy
Think, Plan, Create, Act, Assess. These are the five steps to delivering effective immunisation advocacy, according to a new website. The Advocacy for Immunisation portal has been developed by PATH and...
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Will Zuckerberg put fortune into vaccines?
‘Doctor’s visit — time for vaccines!’ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took his baby daughter, Max, for her first vaccines this week. Is this a sign he is about to use his vast wealth to boost...
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Vaccines save lives – and money
A new study says every dollar spent on vaccination saves up to $44 dollars by reducing healthcare spending and productivity loss, and curbing the broader economic impact of illness. Immunisation...
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Vaccine transport: are drones the answer?
Delivering vaccines to people in some parts of the world is a major challenge. Now drones – small unmanned aircraft – are being deployed to help solve the problem. Vaccines can be sensitive to...
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