Tag: vaccination
Poll: Almost half of Bulgarians don’t want coronavirus vaccine
dpa/GNA - Almost half of Bulgarians are against getting a coronavirus vaccination, according to a poll reported by local media on Tuesday.
Some 46...
China pledges safety, effectiveness as vaccination to be carried out nationwide
China's State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 has ordered the strict inspection of vaccine quality, safety and smooth cold-chain transportation, as...
U.S. states shutting down prisons as COVID-19 sickens guards
Battered by a wave of coronavirus infections and deaths, local jails and state prison systems around the United States have resorted to a drastic...
China begins vaccination sign-ups
By Global Times staff reporters
Signing up to receive the vaccine against COVID-19 has begun in China, as the Global Times has learned that...
EU regulator to issue decision on Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is set to present its assessment of the vaccine manufactured jointly by BioNTech and Pfizer on Monday, which is...
British grandmother ‘feels great’ after having Covid-19 vaccine
A grandmother who was the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after trials in Britain has said she "feels great" and has returned...
Ghana SPCA vaccinate over 100 dogs and cats against rabies
The Ghana Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (GSPCA) in collaboration with the Ga East, Veterinary Clinic has vaccinated 113 dogs and...
Polio vaccine is free from coronavirus, avail children of the vaccination – Health Director...
Mr Kwadwo Owusu Ansah, the Director of Health Service in the Asene Manso Akroso District has stated that, "polio vaccine is not infected with...
Resource constraints affecting rabies vaccination in Upper West
Dr Sulemana Sako, the Upper West Regional Veterinary Officer has attributed low figures recorded in the area of vaccination of dogs and other pets...
MOH, GHS to embark on Phase 3 polio mass immunization
The Ministry of Health (MoH), the Ghana Health Service (GHS), and partners are set to embark on a polio outbreak reactive mass vaccination in...
Brazil to launch COVID-19 vaccination drive in January
Brazil will launch a mass vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in January, the government said on Tuesday.
"We are signing...
Tanzania launches vaccination campaign against major livestock diseases
Tanzanian authorities on Sunday launched a national vaccination campaign against 13 major livestock diseases in a move aimed at protecting the animals, said a...
HSWU commends Government for steps made to avert COVID-19
The Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) of Ghana has commended the government for the bold steps taken to avert the rapid spread of the...
IPV is safe to protect children against Polio
Dr Mercy Owusu-Obrempong, Tema West Municipal Director of Health Services says the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) being administered by trained health workers through injection...
Ghana Health Service to embark on inactivated polio vaccination
The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service is to undertake Inactivated Polio Vaccination (IPV) campaign beginning Wednesday, February 19, to...
Central Region chalks impressive success in Malaria vaccination
More than one thousand children under two years have been vaccinated under the new malaria vaccination program being piloted in nine districts of the...
Hundreds Get Screened for Hepatitis B Vaccination for Free
Sahara Advocates of Change, a not-for-profit organisation, has provided free testing and vaccination against Hepatitis B services to a total of 100 children from...
Brong Ahafo: Dogs and Cats Vaccination Very Poor
The vaccination of dogs and cats in Brong-Ahafo has not been encouraging as the Regional Office of the Veterinary Service Department has not been...
Western Region: Yellow Fever vaccination takes off in five districts
The Western Regional Health Directorate in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has made the necessary preparations to vaccine 294,809 targeted people in five...
Ghana At Point Of Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases
Ghana has made significant strides and reached stages for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases, Dr Badu Sarkodie, the Director, Public Health Division of...
MFCS Warns Of Re-Emergence Of Polio In Deprived Communities
The Muslim Family Counselling Services (MFCS), an organization working to bring development to deprived communities, has urged continued vigilance to prevent any resurgence of...
Nigeria Begins Massive Vaccination Exercise Against Measles
A measles vaccination campaign to protect more than four million children living in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria is due to begin on Friday, according...
Kenya to launch vaccination campaign to reduce carnivore mortality
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Senior Veterinary Officer Dominic Mijele told Xinhua in Nairobi that the vaccination will target dogs living around wildlife habitats.
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Health Director wants All Babies Vaccinated
Mrs. Eva Aryee, the Sunyani West District Director of Health, said vaccinating children below one-and-a-half years against tuberculosis, polio, hepatitis ‘B”, tetanus, measles, pnemoccocal...
Ghana to vaccinate over 130,000 children against CSM
The one-week exercise, which is targeted at children between the ages of one to four years, comes after the disease claimed eight lives among...
Farm animals to be vaccinated across Ghana
He asked the cattle farmers to obey the by-laws on stray animals by keeping their cattle in the kraals to make it easy for...
Experts warn of Rift Valley Fever outbreak in Kenya
The Rift Valley Fever is an acute, fever-causing viral disease that affects domestic animals and humans.
The experts are calling for an increase in...
Measles Vaccination Exercise Commences
The countrywide exercise started at 8:00am in Soroti town with a march through the streets led by district leaders.
?We are hopeful to achieve 90...
Kenyan official urges vaccination for children against polio
The risk of polio outbreak in Kenya is still high due to failure to vaccinate some 300,000 children routinely, health officials warned on Wednesday....
Over 100,000 children miss vaccination in 2014
An estimated one in every five infants in Ghana, approximately 109,970 children, missed vaccination in 2014, a senior health official said Thursday.
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