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Why we get the chills when we’re burning up with fever

New research has identified the brain circuit behind fever-related chills and why we burrow under blankets when we’re sick.

In remote Uganda, this nurse is helping vaccinate the marginalised Twa people

When Andisa was growing up in southwestern Uganda, the Twa people lived in forests and mistrusted outsiders – let alone western medicine and vaccines. Today, the health worker is helping to change that.

In Malawi’s townships, ‘relatable’ youths step up as mpox peer educators

Trained up on the facts by the Ministry of Health, a cohort of committed young people have taken to the trenches against both ignorance and misinformation.

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A health worker in Tanzania. Credit: Gavi/2012/P Rudden

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A health worker carrying vaccines in a cold box in Somalia. Credit: Gavi

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Workers look at the filling process of HepB vaccine filled in Uniject syringes at the a serum factory. Credit: GAVI/2007/Edy Purnomo

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Preventive cholera vaccination resumes as global supply reaches critical milestone

First preventive campaign in over three years launches in Mozambique, with others planned in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Gavi announces new partnerships to accelerate innovation and expand access to immunisation

New private-sector and philanthropic partnerships will help Gavi scale innovation, strengthen healthcare and reach underserved communities.

Gavi CEO calls for global health leap

Gavi CEO Dr Sania Nishtar, writing in The Lancet, sets out a framework for radical reform of global health institutions.

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Global Summit 2025

>1.2 billion children vaccinated through routine programmes
>20.6 million future deaths averted
19 countries fully self-financing
>280 US$ billion in economic benefits for countries
2.1 billion vaccinations through preventive vaccination campaigns