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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, helps vaccinate half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating diseases.

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  1. Two years after was declared a pandemic, takes viewers behind the scenes of the race to make a vaccine – and vaccinate the world. The HBO Original documentary, featuring our CEO , premieres 29 March on :

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  2. Thank you to Minister Harjit S. Sajjan for highlighting the fact that “a gender-inclusive response is vital to creating lasting solutions to global challenges.” Read the report on ‘Why Gender Matters’ to learn more:

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  3. Fractional dose vaccination uses a fraction of the standard dose of a vaccine to trigger the same sorts of protective immune responses as a standard dose. Could it work for vaccines?

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  4. The torrential rains are likely to cause outbreaks from waterborne diseases due to water contamination. Nurses are bravely taking on multiple health threats in challenging conditions. Read more about their life-saving work:

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  5. Villages have been cut off from essential services due to floods, landslides and damaged roads and bridges. Nurses are “taking services to the people” but the heavy rainfall is increasing the risk of other deadly health threats.

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  6. “We are dealing with two crises at the same time – and ” - Despite torrential rains leaving a trail of destruction across the country, Lesotho is determined to continue its COVID-19 vaccine rollout:

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  7. Without access to formal banking, health workers in remote areas cannot receive salaries in a timely fashion. Mobile money provides a way to deliver timely payment and can transform access to healthcare:

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  8. Measles and rubella vaccines require skilled healthcare workers and refrigeration during storage and transport. Could vaccines without needles help overcome these obstacles to eliminate these deadly diseases?

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  9. Worldwide, 1.7 billion people do not have a bank account. This makes it harder to them to save and a health crisis can push them into poverty. Here’s how mobile money offers a solution:

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  10. “Fractional dosing” has previously been used to bring other epidemics under control. Could the method be applied to vaccines to boost the global supply and hasten the end of the pandemic?

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  11. “The further a health centre is from a certain community or household, the more likely you are to find a in that household” - geospatial mapping is being used to find pockets of inequity in Zambia:

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  12. Community health workers are working hard to “leave no stone unturned” to ensure the vaccination campaign in Nepal is successful. Learn more about their inspiring work to leave no one behind:

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  13. Micro-array patches painlessly delivering lifesaving vaccines into the skin through hundreds to thousands of micro projections. Here’s how they work:

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  14. Mobile money can help the 1.7 billion people who lack a bank account to access financial services. And it could also have a powerful role to play in healthcare. Here’s how:

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  15. How could fractional dosing boost the global supply of vaccines? Researchers suggest halving the dose of some vaccines could provide an extra 0.5 billion doses each month:

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  16. The same collaborative network established for the HPV pilot scheme in Kenya was re-activated in 2020 to educate the community on , tackle misinformation and boost vaccine uptake:

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  17. To ensure that no children are missed, Zambia has been using geospatial mapping to find out exactly where are. Learn more:

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  18. has disrupted how we work, socialise and shop, there are some signs we’re returning to doing things like we used to but which of our newly formed habits are here to stay? Via

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  19. Mar 8

    will be launching our 5th report with an online discussion about “Boards for all”, 1 April 2022, 13:00 GMT, register here:

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  20. “I feel that I was born to be a health worker” - Nepalese health worker Lila Thapa does whatever it takes to ensure everyone can access vaccines. Here’s why she is an “inspiration for other health workers”:

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