It was a hot afternoon on February 7, this year, when Adam Fuseina, a resident of Charikpong in the Nadowli-Kaleo District in the Upper West Region, noticed that her 10-year-old son had developed feve ...

While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has ...

A programme that tracks and monitors infectious diseases across the country has seen a steady rise in certain disease cases ...

Vaccinations prevent 4–5 million deaths annually, according to WHO. Immunization coverage for diseases like measles and ...

So, what vaccines should we get as adults? There are a lot, but we will focus on adult respiratory illnesses since these have the highest impact on the adult population. Some vaccines are only ...

Since the mid-1980s, several vaccines have been added to the schedule. Haemophilus influenza B vaccine (Hib) was added in the mid 1980s; Hib was originally given in a single dose to toddlers and ...

Vaccines are designed to guard babies, toddlers, and older children against a whole range of serious and potentially deadly ...

The new vaccine is a combination of GSK’s already-approved vaccines Bexsero and Menveo and is designed to protect against meningitis and blood poisoning caused by the A, B, C, W, and Y ...

Aseptic meningitis is a nonbacterial type of meningitis. Meningitis occurs when the tissue layers and fluid that protect the spinal cord—called the meninges—become inflamed. Aseptic meningitis is ...