Tuesday
December 2
2025

Mauritania Now Offers the Six-In-One Childhood Vaccine. Here’s Why That Matters

By Yamina Bendaïda

It sounds like a small step, but it’s anything but: in July, Mauritania swapped out the five-in-one “pentavalent” vaccine for the hexavalent jab.

Photo courtesy of UNICEF Ethiopia.

 

Source: Gavi (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care
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infectious diseases, public health, vaccines