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4 diseases for 2m lives: WHO makes business case for vaccines

New evidence suggests curbing four major childhood diseases—measles, rubella, rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases—could save nearly 2 mill

World Health Assembly takes new strategy to save 29m lives by 2030

Delegates at the ongoing World Health Assembly in Geneva have agreed to a new five-year strategic plan to save at least 29 million lives by 2023. The

4.3b people on Earth don’t get reproductive health access—Lancet

A new report by the Lancet finds almost 4.3 billion of reproductive age around the world will not get access to any adequate reproductive health servi

4.3billion people on Earth don’t get reproductive health access — Lancet

A new report by the Lancet says almost 4.3 billion of reproductive age around the world will not get access to any adequate reproductive health servic

UNFPA urges effort to end fistula

The United Nations Population Fund has called for concerted efforts to end “needless suffering” caused by obstetric fistula—a childb