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Nipah outbreak under control, says NIV chief

‘No ready vaccine available in the market till date’

Publication Date:

30/05/2018

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

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Kerala, Kozhikode (D), Diseases, Health Effects, Vaccination, Infectious Diseases, Health

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DR Congo: Ebola vaccinations under way to contain deadly outbreak

A major vaccination campaign is under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more cases of infection from the Ebola virus have been discovered.

Publication Date:

29/05/2018

Source: Al Jazeera

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Health, Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever), Infectious Diseases, Epidemics, Congo, Vaccination, Africa

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Nigeria: Vaccination Still Eludes 75 Percent of Nigerian Children - Report

Children under the age of five maybe facing a bleak future as the 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, MICS, show that over 75 percent of Nigeria's children age 0 to 59 months were not fully imm

Publication Date:

28/05/2018

Source: All Africa

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Health, Vaccination, Child Health, Nigeria, Children, Immunisation, Africa

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Cost-effectiveness of dog rabies vaccination programs in East Africa

Dog rabies annually causes 24,000–70,000 deaths globally. We built a spreadsheet tool, RabiesEcon, to aid public health officials to estimate the cost-effectiveness of dog rabies vaccination programs in East Africa.

Original Source

Publication Date:

23/05/2018

Author(s): Rebekah H. Borse, Charisma Y. Atkins, Manoj Gambhir & et al

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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1-21

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Rabies, Africa, Vaccination, Health Care

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Business case for WHO immunization activities on the African continent 2018-2030

While Africa has seen tremendous progress towards access to immunization, one in five African children still lack access to all the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended life-saving vaccines, a threat not only to the health of families, but also to the strength of economies and equity in African societies.

Publication Date:

17/05/2018

Source: World Health Organization

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Immunisation, Vaccination, Diseases, Africa, WHO

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Efficacy of a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate in a maternal immunization model

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis in infants. Maternal immunization is an option to increase maternal antibody levels and protect infants from infection. Here we assess the efficacy of virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidates containing stabilized pre-fusion (pre-F) or post-fusion (post-F) conformations of the RSV F protein and the attachment RSV G protein in a maternal immunization model using cotton rats. VLP vaccines containing RSV F and G proteins strongly boost pre-existing RSV immunity in dams preventing their perinatal drop in immunity.

Publication Date:

15/05/2018

Author(s): Jorge C. G. Blanco, Lioubov M. Pletneva, Lori McGinnes-Cullen & et al

Source: Nature Communications

pp:

1-10

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Respiratory Diseases, Vaccination, Maternal Health, Immunisation, Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Research

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Mozambique: Vaccination Campaign Reachs Almost 100 Per Cent of Target

Maputo — The Mozambican Health Ministry vaccinated almost seven million children against measles and rubeola (also known as German measles) in April, according to a report in Monday's issue of the

Publication Date:

15/05/2018

Source: All Africa

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Health, Child Health, Vaccination, Mozambique, Africa, Immunisation

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Uganda vaccinates more than 360,000 people against cholera

HOIMA- The Government, with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is conducting a campaign to vaccinate more than 360,000 people against cholera in six hotspot areas of Hoima district.

Publication Date:

11/05/2018

Source: New Vision (Uganda)

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Health, Cholera, Waterborne diseases, Vaccination, Africa, Uganda

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Pb brings experts to dispel anti-MR vaccination drive

With the misinformation campaign affecting the ambitious Measles-Rubella vaccination programme, the Punjab Government on Thursday took the help of the experts from the World Health Organization (WH

Publication Date:

11/05/2018

Source: Pioneer (Chandigarh)

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Punjab, Vaccination, Measles, WHO, Children, Child Health, Immunisation, Health

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