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Nigeria: Vaccine Bill to Hit U.S. $345 Million as Donor Support Vanishes
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says government spending on immunisation is expected to top $345 million a year by 2022 when international funding support from the Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI) is completely withdrawn.
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J&J Ebola Vaccine Has Promise as Wider Test Awaits Next Outbreak
An experimental Ebola vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, boosted by a second immunization shot from biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic A/S, generated a powerful immune response among volunteers in its first tests in humans.
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The Entire World Has 2 Weeks to Switch Over to a New Oral Polio Vaccine. Here’s Why.
The world is closer than ever to eradicating polio, the horrible disease that inflicts paralysis on its primarily young victims. It's not far-fetched to say that very soon the world will see its last polio case.
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Norway Strengthens Commitment to Immunisation in Developing Countries
Børge Brende, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today signed an agreement that will see Norway commit NOK 6.25 billion (US$ 850 million) to support the immunisation of children living in the world’s poorest countries between 2016 and 2020.
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Why Partnerships Are Crucial for Pushing Vaccine R&D Forward
Students in the Philippines began receiving doses of the world’s first dengue vaccine this week, as the country begins a public immunization program to inoculate 1 million children in 6,000 schools across the island nation.
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Pfizer May Leverage European Approval to Pneumonia Vaccine in Indian Market
New York-headquartered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is likely to leverage its latest European approval for multi-dose vials of pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar 13 in the Indian market.
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High Global Vaccine Prices Could Worsen Angola’s Deadly Yellow Fever Outbreak
Angola is experiencing its worst yellow fever outbreak in 30 years, says the World Health Organization. The mosquito-borne disease was first reported in the capital Luanda in December last year. The disease has now infected more than 490 people and killed 198, says WHO.
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Rotavirus Vaccine Developed Under Make in India Initiative
J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare attended a function for the national launch of the Rotavirus vaccine as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).
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