The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week that Kenya has achieved maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE) status. Speaking at the event before handing over the certificate, WHO...

First it was the elimination of polio, a monumental achievement in the once ravaged India, now the World Health Organization (WHO) presented certificates declaring elimination of yaws and maternal and...

In a major public health feat, WHO South-East Asia Region has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus with all districts across the 11 countries having reduced the cases to less one than per 1 000 live...

During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, WHO highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps countries can take to “Close the Immunization Gap” and meet global...

Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi announced today at the inauguration of the two-day “Call to Action Summit-2015-ending preventable child and maternal deaths” that the country has eliminated...

Just days after a joint committee in Kenya said the mass vaccination of tetanus is a safe program and should go on, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) released a lengthy statement that concluded...

In response to the accusations by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops concerning the alleged additions of a hormone to the tetanus vaccine, representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO)...

The huge controversy that has been brewing in Kenya has hit some new levels with some astounding accusations being made concerning the country’s tetanus vaccination campaign. Last month it was reported...

A battle has been raging on between the Kenyan government and the Catholic Church for the past week or so over a planned, week-long Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Vaccination Campaign in the African country. The...