AGP Executive Report
Last update: 13 minutes agoPolio Progress: Guinea-Bissau was among five African countries to close a type 2 poliovirus outbreak in August, Ghana’s health service reported ahead of World Polio Day. WHO says 168 million children across 22 African countries received at least one polio vaccine dose from January to September, but warned funding gaps could weaken eradication efforts. Hepatitis B Study Halted: A controversial US-funded trial in Guinea-Bissau will not proceed after authorities withheld approval. It planned to delay the birth dose for half of 14,000 newborns until six weeks of age. Judicial police seized vaccine doses during a search of the Bandim Health Project’s offices; police said the seizure does not indicate concerns about vaccine quality, safety or effectiveness.
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