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For 25 years we’ve worked to protect over 1.2 billion children from preventable diseases and today we help provide vaccines for half the world’s children.
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For 25 years we’ve worked to protect over 1.2 billion children from preventable diseases and today we help provide vaccines for half the world’s children.
Follow us for science-backed health stories, global health insights and daily proof that #VaccinesWork. 💪
How does a tiny island that only introduced electricity in 2023 take on some of the world’s deadliest diseases?
This is the story of how Kenya’s Wasini Island is making sure vaccination is routine and reliable.
This is the story of how Kenya’s Wasini Island is making sure vaccination is routine and reliable.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
How does a tiny island that only introduced electricity in 2023 take on some of the world’s deadliest diseases?
This is the story of how Kenya’s Wasini Island is making sure vaccination is routine and reliable.
This is the story of how Kenya’s Wasini Island is making sure vaccination is routine and reliable.
❓“Will giving my baby multiple vaccines at once overload their immune system?”
💬 The quick answer: No. Decades of studies confirm that multiple vaccines don’t overwhelm immunity, don’t increase infection risk and don’t cause chronic illness.
Here's what the latest research says: bit.ly/4gMkPuU
💬 The quick answer: No. Decades of studies confirm that multiple vaccines don’t overwhelm immunity, don’t increase infection risk and don’t cause chronic illness.
Here's what the latest research says: bit.ly/4gMkPuU
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
❓“Will giving my baby multiple vaccines at once overload their immune system?”
💬 The quick answer: No. Decades of studies confirm that multiple vaccines don’t overwhelm immunity, don’t increase infection risk and don’t cause chronic illness.
Here's what the latest research says: bit.ly/4gMkPuU
💬 The quick answer: No. Decades of studies confirm that multiple vaccines don’t overwhelm immunity, don’t increase infection risk and don’t cause chronic illness.
Here's what the latest research says: bit.ly/4gMkPuU
A sophisticated laboratory disguised as a passenger bus, a flu strain causing havoc, and a choir celebrating vaccines — find these and more in Pascal Barollier’s Global Health Notes newsletter: bit.ly/3NtE7ul
Vaccine Breakthroughs & Global Health Frontlines
By Pascal Barollier 1. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST VACCINE BREAKTHROUGHS COMING IN 2026? WE ASKED FIVE EXPERTS At VaccinesWork we ushered in the new year with a bit of optimism, speaking to some of the…
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January 14, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A sophisticated laboratory disguised as a passenger bus, a flu strain causing havoc, and a choir celebrating vaccines — find these and more in Pascal Barollier’s Global Health Notes newsletter: bit.ly/3NtE7ul
A century ago, diphtheria was everywhere, killing thousands of children each year. Today, it’s a disease that’s preventable with vaccines.
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A century ago, diphtheria was everywhere, killing thousands of children each year. Today, it’s a disease that’s preventable with vaccines.
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
A recent outbreak in Nigeria that left hundreds sick is a grim warning of the dangers of letting vaccinations lapse.
The full story: bit.ly/4bwSmZl
“As the world becomes more multipolar, geopolitical tensions are hampering efforts to devise common solutions to shared problems.” José Manuel Barroso shares how rising nationalism and fiscal crises are threatening the institutions on which multilateralism depends: bit.ly/3YGdeWu
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“As the world becomes more multipolar, geopolitical tensions are hampering efforts to devise common solutions to shared problems.” José Manuel Barroso shares how rising nationalism and fiscal crises are threatening the institutions on which multilateralism depends: bit.ly/3YGdeWu
The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
Here’s what parents need to know: bit.ly/49yo1XG Via The Conversation UK
Here’s what parents need to know: bit.ly/49yo1XG Via The Conversation UK
MMRV: what families need to know about the chickenpox vaccine
The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for your family.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
Here’s what parents need to know: bit.ly/49yo1XG Via The Conversation UK
Here’s what parents need to know: bit.ly/49yo1XG Via The Conversation UK
India has raised immunisation coverage from 44% to 77% in just over a decade. Yet a small, highly vulnerable group of children still receive no vaccines at all.
To understand why, Indian health officers met with families and health workers in Bihar. Here is what they learned. 🧵
To understand why, Indian health officers met with families and health workers in Bihar. Here is what they learned. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
India has raised immunisation coverage from 44% to 77% in just over a decade. Yet a small, highly vulnerable group of children still receive no vaccines at all.
To understand why, Indian health officers met with families and health workers in Bihar. Here is what they learned. 🧵
To understand why, Indian health officers met with families and health workers in Bihar. Here is what they learned. 🧵
Ever heard of Oropouche virus? Or chikungunya virus? There’s a reason infectious disease experts are watching these viral threats closely in 2026: bit.ly/4qFWmuP Via The Conversation
Viral outbreaks are always on the horizon – here are the viruses an infectious disease expert is watching in 2026
Viral infections are on the rise and spreading across the globe.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Ever heard of Oropouche virus? Or chikungunya virus? There’s a reason infectious disease experts are watching these viral threats closely in 2026: bit.ly/4qFWmuP Via The Conversation
This seemingly ordinary bus is actually a highly sophisticated mobile laboratory that’s investigating unknown pathogens across India. Here’s how this advanced “space shuttle” is equipped to investigate and contain deadly outbreaks: bit.ly/4qabhxv
This Indian bus is actually a high-security mobile laboratory
From the plains of Uttar Pradesh to cloud-skimming Himalayan villages, RAMBAAN, a Biosafety Level 3 lab on wheels, is chasing down the next big, bad bug.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This seemingly ordinary bus is actually a highly sophisticated mobile laboratory that’s investigating unknown pathogens across India. Here’s how this advanced “space shuttle” is equipped to investigate and contain deadly outbreaks: bit.ly/4qabhxv
Turning ideas into products that improve health takes more than talent.
A new partnership in Egypt aims to strengthen biotech education and innovation across the Middle East and Africa, addressing a persistent disconnect between academia and industry.
bit.ly/3N8QfAU
A new partnership in Egypt aims to strengthen biotech education and innovation across the Middle East and Africa, addressing a persistent disconnect between academia and industry.
bit.ly/3N8QfAU
Egypt partnership targets African biotech academy
American University in Cairo looks to establish ‘first African academy for biotechnology.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Turning ideas into products that improve health takes more than talent.
A new partnership in Egypt aims to strengthen biotech education and innovation across the Middle East and Africa, addressing a persistent disconnect between academia and industry.
bit.ly/3N8QfAU
A new partnership in Egypt aims to strengthen biotech education and innovation across the Middle East and Africa, addressing a persistent disconnect between academia and industry.
bit.ly/3N8QfAU
What vaccine breakthroughs are coming in 2026?
We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations in immunisation they believe will shape global health this year.
Here are the key advances to watch 🧵👇
We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations in immunisation they believe will shape global health this year.
Here are the key advances to watch 🧵👇
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
What vaccine breakthroughs are coming in 2026?
We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations in immunisation they believe will shape global health this year.
Here are the key advances to watch 🧵👇
We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations in immunisation they believe will shape global health this year.
Here are the key advances to watch 🧵👇
“We protect cattle fiercely. But we realised we were not doing the same for our children."
In Kenya’s Samburu County, 18% of children are unvaccinated – double the national rate. Now, a grassroots group of fathers is stepping up to change that.
In Kenya’s Samburu County, 18% of children are unvaccinated – double the national rate. Now, a grassroots group of fathers is stepping up to change that.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
“We protect cattle fiercely. But we realised we were not doing the same for our children."
In Kenya’s Samburu County, 18% of children are unvaccinated – double the national rate. Now, a grassroots group of fathers is stepping up to change that.
In Kenya’s Samburu County, 18% of children are unvaccinated – double the national rate. Now, a grassroots group of fathers is stepping up to change that.
From 2021 to 2025, immunisation faced some of its biggest tests and delivered some of its most significant wins yet.
Here's how we worked with countries, partners and communities to protect millions of children through it all: bit.ly/3N6LJCS
Here's how we worked with countries, partners and communities to protect millions of children through it all: bit.ly/3N6LJCS
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
From 2021 to 2025, immunisation faced some of its biggest tests and delivered some of its most significant wins yet.
Here's how we worked with countries, partners and communities to protect millions of children through it all: bit.ly/3N6LJCS
Here's how we worked with countries, partners and communities to protect millions of children through it all: bit.ly/3N6LJCS
"When I heard the song, it directed the message to me, as it said, you, mother, take your child for immunisation." A Kenyan mother explains how a choir's vaccine song changed her mind about taking her children to get their shots. bit.ly/4ppIsMw
"Singing is praying" – how a choir in Turkana, Kenya, spread the word about immunisation
Music carries, say the Turkana public health officials fighting to close post-COVID-19 immunity gaps.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"When I heard the song, it directed the message to me, as it said, you, mother, take your child for immunisation." A Kenyan mother explains how a choir's vaccine song changed her mind about taking her children to get their shots. bit.ly/4ppIsMw
What has underpinned Gavi’s success over the past 25 years and what can it teach us about adapting multilateralism for a rapidly changing world? Read former Gavi Board Chair José Manuel Barroso’s op-ed to find out: bit.ly/45rn5TK Via Project Syndicate
A Model to Keep Multilateralism Alive
José Manuel Barroso reflects on what has made Gavi so successful, even as other international organizations have become paralyzed.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
What has underpinned Gavi’s success over the past 25 years and what can it teach us about adapting multilateralism for a rapidly changing world? Read former Gavi Board Chair José Manuel Barroso’s op-ed to find out: bit.ly/45rn5TK Via Project Syndicate
What vaccine breakthroughs are coming in 2026? We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations that will shape global health this year — from new HIV vaccine approaches to expanding manufacturing in Africa and Latin America.
Read what's ahead: bit.ly/3YnAcBJ
Read what's ahead: bit.ly/3YnAcBJ
What are the biggest vaccine breakthroughs coming in 2026? We asked five experts
From mRNA to HIV, we asked five vaccine leaders to share the advances they believe will shape global health in 2026.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
What vaccine breakthroughs are coming in 2026? We asked 5 leading experts to share the innovations that will shape global health this year — from new HIV vaccine approaches to expanding manufacturing in Africa and Latin America.
Read what's ahead: bit.ly/3YnAcBJ
Read what's ahead: bit.ly/3YnAcBJ
The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from a chronic, liver-damaging infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency.
Here’s how a new project in Nigeria’s Delta State may have cracked the timeliness code. bit.ly/498T0e0
Here’s how a new project in Nigeria’s Delta State may have cracked the timeliness code. bit.ly/498T0e0
Pilot programme massively boosts hepatitis B “birth dose” vaccination in Nigeria’s Delta state
The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from chronic, liver-killing infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency. A new project in…
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January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The hepatitis B “birth dose” protects newborns from a chronic, liver-damaging infection, but the jab’s 24-hour window of opportunity leaves little room for logistical inefficiency.
Here’s how a new project in Nigeria’s Delta State may have cracked the timeliness code. bit.ly/498T0e0
Here’s how a new project in Nigeria’s Delta State may have cracked the timeliness code. bit.ly/498T0e0
All flus are not created equal.
Take Subclade K. First spotted in Norway, it caused the UK's flu season to start 4-5 weeks earlier than usual and has been dominating headlines ever since.
But is it a “superflu”? Science writer Linda Geddes explores on our Vaccines Work platform: bit.ly/3N5nR2D
Take Subclade K. First spotted in Norway, it caused the UK's flu season to start 4-5 weeks earlier than usual and has been dominating headlines ever since.
But is it a “superflu”? Science writer Linda Geddes explores on our Vaccines Work platform: bit.ly/3N5nR2D
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
All flus are not created equal.
Take Subclade K. First spotted in Norway, it caused the UK's flu season to start 4-5 weeks earlier than usual and has been dominating headlines ever since.
But is it a “superflu”? Science writer Linda Geddes explores on our Vaccines Work platform: bit.ly/3N5nR2D
Take Subclade K. First spotted in Norway, it caused the UK's flu season to start 4-5 weeks earlier than usual and has been dominating headlines ever since.
But is it a “superflu”? Science writer Linda Geddes explores on our Vaccines Work platform: bit.ly/3N5nR2D
As 2025 comes to a close, Dr Emmanuel Mugisha with the Coalition Against Typhoid reflects on the incredible progress on typhoid control accomplished this year: bit.ly/48ZDDDi
Reaching 80 million children with typhoid conjugate vaccines
As 2025 comes to a close, Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha reflects on the incredible progress on typhoid control accomplished this year.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, Dr Emmanuel Mugisha with the Coalition Against Typhoid reflects on the incredible progress on typhoid control accomplished this year: bit.ly/48ZDDDi
→ New Study: COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked anxiety. To get to the bottom of this, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England.
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked anxiety. To get to the bottom of this, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England.
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
→ New Study: COVID-19 infection poses higher, longer heart risks to children than vaccination
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked anxiety. To get to the bottom of this, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England.
Headlines in 2021 about heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination sparked anxiety. To get to the bottom of this, a study analysed health records for nearly 14 million children in England.
In Northern Ghana, a 70-year conflict for power has turned deadly with at least 260 people killed since 2021. Residents can't cross between rival Kusasi and Mamprusi territories without military escorts.
But there's one exception: the white pickup truck of the Health Services. 🧵
But there's one exception: the white pickup truck of the Health Services. 🧵
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In Northern Ghana, a 70-year conflict for power has turned deadly with at least 260 people killed since 2021. Residents can't cross between rival Kusasi and Mamprusi territories without military escorts.
But there's one exception: the white pickup truck of the Health Services. 🧵
But there's one exception: the white pickup truck of the Health Services. 🧵
No syringes, no cold storage, no pain—just life-saving vaccines delivered straight through the skin.
Discover how a breakthrough technology is bringing protection within reach for billions.
Discover how a breakthrough technology is bringing protection within reach for billions.
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
No syringes, no cold storage, no pain—just life-saving vaccines delivered straight through the skin.
Discover how a breakthrough technology is bringing protection within reach for billions.
Discover how a breakthrough technology is bringing protection within reach for billions.
We know that climate change is fuelling disease outbreaks and immunisation is becoming a critical climate adaptation tool.
Here’s how we’re helping to meet these challenges head-on: bit.ly/49aMsfp
Here’s how we’re helping to meet these challenges head-on: bit.ly/49aMsfp
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We know that climate change is fuelling disease outbreaks and immunisation is becoming a critical climate adaptation tool.
Here’s how we’re helping to meet these challenges head-on: bit.ly/49aMsfp
Here’s how we’re helping to meet these challenges head-on: bit.ly/49aMsfp