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Every experience of meningitis is different. Today, meet Aima, who developed meningitis at six months old. Now, her father Irfan shares their family’s experience and what life has looked like since. Experience meningitis through their words: bit.ly/4hmasQl via the Meningitis Research Foundation

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Gavi @gavi.org · 21h

The super El Niño could bring dangerous heat across much of the world. But the human toll isn’t expected to be evenly shared: New projections identify Africa’s Sahel as the region facing the greatest loss of life. Here’s what makes this region vulnerable: bit.ly/4hx9NKL via the Conversation.

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Gavi @gavi.org · 29/09/2026

The Big Catch Up showed what’s possible when countries, health workers, communities and partners come together to find children who have missed out on vaccination. Read more about what countries can do to keep the momentum going: bit.ly/4d7R3QO

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Gavi @gavi.org · 29/09/2026

Between 2023 and 2026, 21 million children received previously-missed vaccines through the Big Catch Up, an initiative by Gavi, @UNICEF and @WHO, working with countries. A huge milestone, and an achievement worth celebrating. 🧵

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Gavi @gavi.org · 29/09/2026

Pakistan is just one province shy of eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus, with around 94% of the country’s population living in areas pushed below the elimination level. Here’s how targeted outreach helped health workers reach women in remote and insecure areas: bit.ly/4hSWk0b

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Gavi @gavi.org · 28/09/2026

Why do some people feel wiped out after a vaccine while others barely notice it? New research published in @ScienceMagazine suggests that part of the answer may lie in how active our innate immune systems are even before our vaccinations kick in. The explanation : bit.ly/4z1C3wf

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Gavi @gavi.org · 28/09/2026

Read the full story for #WorldRabiesDay: bit.ly/4d3bXAs

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Gavi @gavi.org · 28/09/2026

Nearly one third of all dog-mediated human rabies deaths occur in Africa. In Tanzania, the Rabies Free Africa team is working to stop rabies at its source through mass dog vaccination and community education, helping reduce the risk to children. 🧵👇

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Gavi @gavi.org · 25/09/2026

A new study spanning 30 years and 194 countries and territories estimates that epidemics may be linked to the loss of around 17,500 health workers from the global workforce each year, with the greatest impact falling on countries that can least afford it. Read more: bit.ly/4rrqMTc

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Gavi @gavi.org · 24/09/2026

Supply chains get vaccines to communities, but what does it take to get hesitant families to open their doors? In rural Nigeria, traditional village chiefs, imams and women leaders are helping bridge that final gap. Read the full story: bit.ly/4jgENRB

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Gavi @gavi.org · 23/09/2026

So far in 2026, the Americas have recorded more than 51,000 confirmed measles cases, the highest number in the last 22 years, according to PAHO. 🧵

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Gavi @gavi.org · 23/09/2026

Nepal’s flood was the first emergency. Now contaminated water, crowded shelters and damaged health facilities are raising concerns about infectious disease outbreaks with health teams racing to respond. Here’s a look at the current response on the ground in Nepal: bit.ly/3TGe6LS

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Gavi @gavi.org · 22/09/2026

Needles can be a real barrier to vaccination, but small changes can make the experience less stressful. Now, new guidance identifies 17 evidence-based strategies to reduce pain, fear and distress during vaccination. Read more: bit.ly/4iHXMEC

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Gavi @gavi.org · 21/09/2026

Global health reform is back on the agenda this week at #UNGA81. But for reform to truly make a difference, health systems must work better for the people actually delivering and relying on care. Why reaching the last mile needs to be at the centre of global health reform: bit.ly/4An19XN

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Gavi @gavi.org · 21/09/2026

When vaccine supplies are scarce, doses tend to go where outbreaks are already spreading. With supply improving, countries with predictable cholera concerns can begin to vaccinate earlier, before the next expected rise in cases. How Bangladesh is shift from response to prevention: bit.ly/4rjZSwr

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Gavi @gavi.org · 18/09/2026

Read the full story on our VaccinesWork platform: bit.ly/4icDbIi

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Gavi @gavi.org · 18/09/2026

Public health 🤝 influencer culture In Liberia, social media personalities and pageant contestants used their Instagram and TikTok platforms to challenge vaccine rumours, answer questions and encourage families to get girls vaccinated against HPV. Here's how it went. 👇

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Gavi @gavi.org · 18/09/2026

“I could not fully describe the kind of relief I felt that day; it felt like having a cold shower in hot weather. I was very happy that healthcare had come to my doorstep,” mother Rahama Isa said.

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Gavi @gavi.org · 18/09/2026

For years, terrorism and insurgency cut off communities from routine healthcare in northeast Nigeria. In 2022, people began to notice a shift when health workers – escorted by soldiers – began making trips to villages once more.

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Gavi @gavi.org · 17/09/2026

When the seasonal rains arrive in Benin, the risk of malaria rises. For children with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, that threat can be particularly serious. Here’s how families are combining health interventions for extra protection: bit.ly/4h7tI2N

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Gavi @gavi.org · 16/09/2026

For more than a century, the world has relied on a single licensed TB vaccine. Next generation vaccines, expected from 2029, could help save an estimated 7.3 million lives and generate up to US$135 billion in economic benefits for low- and middle-income countries by 2050: bit.ly/4cHSJQL

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Gavi @gavi.org · 15/09/2026

The devastating floods in Nepal have taken lives, displaced families and put enormous pressure on communities and health workers already responding to the emergency. As recovery efforts continue, protecting communities from further health threats is critical. 🧵

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Gavi @gavi.org · 14/09/2026

Swine flu cases are rising across India, with several states reporting sharp increases in H1N1 infections. Health officials are urging people at higher risk of severe illness to stay alert, seek care early and keep flu vaccination up to date. Here’s what’s driving the surge: bit.ly/4hisKBT

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Gavi @gavi.org · 11/09/2026

Updated evidence from the Vaccine Integrity Project & American Medical Association delivers a clear message ahead of cold season: Immunisation remains a safe, effective shield against severe illness from flu, COVID-19 and RSV. 🧵

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Gavi @gavi.org · 10/09/2026

Healthcare should be accessible to everyone. In Kenya, Community Health Promoters are learning Kenya Sign Language to help families navigate pregnancy, vaccination and other essential care. The full story: bit.ly/4ytmUDC

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Gavi @gavi.org · 10/09/2026

For cocoa farmers in rural Côte d’Ivoire, basic healthcare can be hard to reach due to cost and distance. A new partnership is changing that, bringing care closer to farming communities while working through the country’s existing health system. Here’s how: bit.ly/4xGglxn

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Gavi @gavi.org · 09/09/2026

RSV causes an estimated 100,000 deaths among children under five each year, with around 97% occurring in lower-income countries. Now, the @WHO has given its stamp of approval to a multidose formulation of the maternal RSV vaccine for protecting infants. Here’s why it matters: bit.ly/4gWgRAr

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Gavi @gavi.org · 08/09/2026

When lab tests confirmed cases of the deadly Bundibugyo ebolavirus disease in Uganda in May this year, health authorities moved fast to control the spread and save the lives of the infected. Now, Uganda has officially confirmed the end of the outbreak. Here’s how: bit.ly/4qWXADo

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Gavi @gavi.org · 08/09/2026

In a new op ed for the Telegraph, Gavi’s CEO Dr Sania Nishtar explains how the launch of the world’s first global mpox vaccine stockpile marks an important step forward for global preparedness: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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Gavi @gavi.org · 07/09/2026

Could your night-time cough help predict the next wave of flu or COVID 19? A pilot study in England suggests it might. 🧵

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Gavi @gavi.org · 07/09/2026

On many separate occasions in the early 1700s, an enslaved West African person in America told a white person how smallpox could be prevented through inoculation. Their knowledge helped shape the early history of immunisation in the Americas: bit.ly/3SOidoO

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Gavi @gavi.org · 04/09/2026

Six airport workers in Frankfurt contracted malaria, with two of them succumbing to the disease, despite not travelling to a country where malaria is endemic. One theory? An infected mosquito may have arrived by plane. It’s extremely rare, but not unheard of. Here’s what we know: bit.ly/4ixywRe

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Gavi @gavi.org · 04/09/2026

In the urban Indian communities of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, researchers worked with families and health workers to uncover the household, social and economic pressures shaping vaccination decisions, then designed solutions around them. The full story: bit.ly/4cl3I2o via JSI

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Gavi @gavi.org · 03/09/2026

In Keralam, India, monsoon season brings a rise in dangerous acute diarrhoeal diseases like shigellosis. With no vaccine currently available and antibiotic resistance making treatment more difficult, health teams are racing to find cases early and stop infections from spreading: bit.ly/4qM5XS5

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Gavi @gavi.org · 02/09/2026

During previous mpox emergencies, unequal access to vaccines left lower-income countries at a disadvantage. Soon, a new stockpile of mpox vaccines will be available to all countries worldwide, with operations starting later this month. Read more: bit.ly/3V8CqGp

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Gavi @gavi.org · 02/09/2026

In mid-2025, Malawi ran a reactive measles and rubella vaccination campaign that immunised more than 2.2 million children. Despite that achievement, the country has continued to register infections, with nearly 700 confirmed cases reported by the middle of this year. The latest: bit.ly/4cRxuMe

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