WHO welcomes India’s routine rotavirus vaccine

The prize drew attention to a Chinese research network whose contributions had often been less visible internationally.

Mexico was verified as having eliminated onchocerciasis transmission.

Repeated ivermectin treatment in endemic areas helped stop transmission.

The verification followed earlier successes in Colombia and Ecuador.

Public health teams used community-wide treatment and surveillance.

The new immunization option aimed to reduce severe rotavirus disease in children.

Early introduction covered selected states before wider expansion.

Immunization complements clean water, hygiene, and treatment of dehydration.

The results of a ring-vaccination study in Guinea showed high protection against Ebola.

Participants, health workers and contact-tracing teams made the outbreak trial possible.