Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes

Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted efforts to combat vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio

Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue

The World Health Organisation said people could die of preventable illnesses if steps to control malaria as well as immunisation for measles, yellow fever and polio are interrupted

The country’s yellow fever outbreak is a timely reminder that African countries can’t get complacent with their vaccination efforts.

Western anti-immunisation movements have taken root in local communities resulting in some parents refusing to vaccinate their children.

African ministers are taking new steps to provide vaccines for children who don’t have access.

Unicef gets ready to launch a mass immunisation campaign in the Republic of Congo, after an outbreak of polio claimed 97 lives in under a week.

Children are the losers as funding for immunisation dries up.

Are dissenting parents putting other children — and communities — at risk? Nechama Brodie reports