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UN officials say the best way to tackle polio in the Gaza Strip is an immediate and lasting ceasefire.

VIOLENCE is continuing in the West Bank following Israel’s largest invasion of the region in more than 20 years ...

Last week’s planned rollout of doses faces further delays as campaigners complain of greed and inequality

WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday.

A health official said a polio vaccination campaign had begun in Gaza on Saturday after the war-torn territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century.

Anera says four men who died in Gaza were locals who asked to serve as escort for convoy, but IDF describes them as ‘armed assailants’

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel's military offensive there

A new report lays down a challenge to Keir Starmer to take on vested interests of food, drink and tobacco companies

Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more vaccine doses are available, experts say high costs and regulatory hurdles have prevented…

WHO optimistic about stopping mpox outbreaks in Africa with new strain identified beyond. Global emergency declared, focus on public education and vaccine ...

The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months