Rapid fire global health newsfrom @gatesfoundation

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Wanna hear something cool? There's a lot of good things happening in the world today. Here are just a few. Encouraging news in the effort to end polio. Five countries have ended poliovirus outbreaks. This is thanks to the leadership of local governments and the quick coordinated efforts of health workers and communities. Next, solar powered fridges are keeping vaccines cold in remote rural villages in Kenya, helping health workers protect more children from preventable disease. In Ghana, Abednego Afre strapped a megaphone to his tricycle, turned it into a mobile health unit, and broadcasted malaria prevention messages to every household in his community. His dedication helped over 5,000 children receive life saving treatment. Next, a new study found that young women vaccinated with the HPV vaccine had zero cervical cancer deaths over five years. This is powerful proof that the vaccine works to protect women preventing the infections that cause most cervical cancers. Next, a once a month HIV prevention pill in phase three clinical trials could give people a simpler alternative to current options and help reach the more than eighty percent of people who need HIV medication best aren't getting it. And finally, four more countries, Algeria, Australia, El Salvador, and Tunisia eliminated trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness.