World Health Organization

2024-02-19 @ 17.36.52 ∈ In English

The global fight against polio — how far have we come?

A generation ago, polio paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children every year. Many countries have now eliminated polio, and our generation has the chance to eradicate it entirely.

2023-10-25 @ 18.31.28 ∈ In English

First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood mortality

In a major analysis in Africa, the first vaccine approved to fight malaria cut deaths among young children by 13% over nearly 4 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week.

2023-10-03 @ 18.33.30 ∈ In English

Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer

It is almost two years to the day since the first vaccine - called RTS,S and developed by GSK - was backed by the WHO. […] The WHO said the effectiveness of the two vaccines was "very similar" and there was no evidence one was better than the other. However, the key difference is the ability to manufacture the University of Oxford vaccine - called R21 - at scale.

2020-08-26 @ 19.29.54 ∈ Suomeksi

Vuosikymmenien työ tuotti tulosta: Villi poliovirus on hävitetty Afrikasta

Afrikan viimeinen villin polioviruksen aiheuttama tautitapaus todettiin neljä vuotta sitten Nigeriassa.