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SUDAN: Lifeline for thousands of children as first vaccine shipment in nearly three years arrives in South Kordofan
The first shipment of vaccines to South Kordofan state in nearly three years will restore lifesaving immunisation services to children and communities cut off from essential supplies due to conflict and siege.
Emergency Response to Combat the Diphtheria Outbreak in Puntland
In July 2025, a diphtheria outbreak swept through Puntland, claiming 27 lives and infecting 482 people. Save the Children and the Puntland Ministry of Health, with funding from Gavi, launched a rapid emergency response deploying 35 mobile vaccination teams across four hotspot districts. The intervention reached over 48,000 individuals, immunising more than 40,000 children and successfully containing the outbreak. This is the story of the health workers, parents, and communities who came together to protect their children from a deadly but preventable disease.
Innovations breaking barriers to children’s immunisation in Nigeria and Ethiopia win major funding from Save the Children
The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, backed by GSK, has selected two standout projects to improve child vaccination rates in Nigeria and Ethiopia, where millions of children remain unvaccinated.Both projects were chosen from 120 submissions and will receive $100,000 in support. These innovations aim to transform immunization outcomes and are part of a broader mission to ensure no child suffers from preventable diseases.
Number of children lacking routine immunisations three times higher in conflict zones than the rest of the world
Save the Children press release immunisations Gavi conference