🎉 Big News! 🌍 Congratulations to 🇳🇦 for its remarkable achievement in the fight against HIV and Hepatitis B! 🏆 Becoming the second African country on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and the FIRST globally for Hepatitis B. 🌟
#NamibiaHealthHeroes
…
A high-level GPEI delegation met leaders and officials of the 🇵🇰Pakistan government and underscored the urgency for sustained political commitment and innovative actions to reach children missing out on vaccines to
#EndPolio
in Pakistan.
👉
While progress has been made in pediatric HIV testing, expanding access remains a challenge. A new guide () by CDC,
@unicef_aids
,
@EGPAF
, &
#GlobalAlliance
offers strategies to ensure all children with HIV get connected to treatment.
#EndHIV
#ForEveryChild
Global immunization coverage declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving far too many at risk of contracting
#measles
and
#rubella
. Laboratory testing is essential to identify and respond to these preventable diseases.
Excellent meeting with Minister al-Kuwari
@MOPHQatar
to discuss bilateral health cooperation, especially Qatar’s work with
@CDCGlobal
’s Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program.
🎉Congratulations to Namibia 🇳🇦 for being
@WHO
certified as the first 'high burden' country to reach a significant milestone on the path to the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of
#HIV
& hepatitis B.
A historic public health achievement! 👏🏼
@UnicefNamibia
#EndAIDS2030
A 🆕 clinical trial shows promise for needle-free vaccines to prevent measles.
A vaccine patch that is easily applied to the skin 🩹 was just as safe and effective as a needle and syringe 💉 at preventing the disease.
Read the study:
Millions of tuberculosis cases around the globe still go undetected every year. By revealing public health challenges, the missing millions teach us where to focus our next efforts. Read more:
#Sponsored
by
@CDCGlobal
#endTB
Thank you, Andi Lipstein Fristedt, Deputy Director
@CDCGlobal
, for highlighting progress in efforts to
#EndPolio
at the reception honoring Congressional Champions of Polio Eradication. Rotary and partners appreciate CDC’s technical leadership. Together we end polio!
As we reflect on
#WorldImmunizationWeek
, we applaud🇺🇸
@CDCglobal
's crucial role in 🇺🇬's vaccination efforts. With partners, we supported mobilization & facilitation of health teams for the April Integrated Child Health Days, reaching over 400,000 children with routine vaccines.…
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day (
#WHHD
). Want to help raise awareness? Check out
@WHO
’s WHHD 2024 campaign materials for use in your facility:
#HandHygiene
Proud to support 🇬🇪 commitment to health & safety!
@WHOEuro
🇺🇸
@CDCglobal
&
@MOHgovge
conducted 2nd Joint External Evaluation for health security & development of 🇬🇪 Nat’l Action Plan for Health Security, compliance w/ commitments to internat’l health regs. Learn more:…
A global Ebola vaccine stockpile established in 2021 makes vaccine doses available for future outbreaks to improve global health security. Unused vaccine doses from the stockpile can be used before an outbreak occurs to protect high-risk groups. Read more: