MIRNA is a collaborative research network working across nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to strengthen maternal immunisation programmes in readiness for the introduction of new life-saving vaccines which will improve foetal and infant health.
Maternal vaccines protect mothers and infants from life-threatening infectious diseases during the most vulnerable stages of life.
A cross-institutional, cross-country consortium representing key regions in Africa and Asia.
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