The world, in perspective.

South Africa introduced a vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV) in public schools in 2014. The programme offered the vaccination to grade 4 girls aged nine years and older. Uptake was high from the start. About 87% of eligible girls received at least one dose during the first year.

The UK government has announced that adults aged 75+, the immunosuppressed, and care home residents will be eligible for its spring 2027 COVID-19 vaccinati Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-lists-eligible-groups-for-spring-2027-covid-19-vaccinations/

Kwara State has recorded an increase in childhood vaccination coverage and a decline in malnutrition among children under five, a new health survey reveals Read More: https://punchng.com/kwara-records-progress-in-child-vaccination-nutrition-report/

Across the country, infectious disease specialists say Canada's flu season started about seven weeks earlier than usual this time of year.

UNICEF and the Sokoto State Government are targeting over one million children for polio vaccination to eradicate the disease amid insecurity challenges. Read More: https://punchng.com/unicef-sokoto-target-one-million-children-for-polio-vaccination/

An Ogun monarch, Oba Lawrence Adebajo, has urged for sustained polio vaccination, recalling how the disease crippled children in the 1960s. Read More: https://punchng.com/ogun-monarch-recalls-polios-toll-urges-sustained-vaccination/

“By now, measles is something I hoped I’d be having to know about from a historic point of view.”