Publications
9th International Rotavirus Symposium Proceedings
May 19, 2011
The 9th International Rotavirus Symposium, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2010, capped a period of dramatic progress in the fight against rotavirus, the most common cause of severe childhood diarrheal disease.
A National Cholera Vaccine Stockpile — A New Humanitarian and Diplomatic Resource
November 24, 2010
Recent events in Haiti illustrate the urgent need for countries to stockpile and distribute cholera vaccines says Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez in a new commentary published by the New England Journal of Medicine entitled “A National Cholera Vaccine Stockpile – A New Humanitarian and Diplomatic Resource.”
Neglected Tropical Disease Control in the “Post-American World"
August 31, 2010
Despite a growing awareness of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as both a global health and security threat, the burden of funding has been primarily shouldered by three nations—the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan, states Dr. Peter Hotez in the editorial “Neglected Tropical Disease Control in the “Post-American World.”
A new online tool for Strategic Planning for Measles Control
October 20, 2009
The Advanced Immunization Management (AIM) e-Learning website has recently launched a new module to support the World Health Organization's computer-based Measles Strategic Planning (MSP) tool. The MSP was developed to help countries develop measles vaccination strategies to meet their measles control goals given resource limitations. The Measles Strategic Planning tool is ready for use, loaded with country-specific data that can be updated by the user.
The module can be used to:
• Serve as a technical resource about measles epidemiology and vaccination strategies.
A Constitutional Amendment for Deworming
August 25, 2009
In February 2009, The Washington Post reported that three South American countries, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, have either launched or completed ambitious efforts to rewrite their constitutions in order to expand the social and economic rights guaranteed to its citizens [2]. The fact that millions of indigenous children and women in Latin America suffer from intestinal helminth infections is especially tragic because we can do something about these conditions through interventions that are astonishingly low cost [4].
Maladie pneumococcique UN MECANISME DE FINANCEMENT REVOLUTIONNAIRE
June 30, 2009
La maladie est responsable du plus grand nombre de décès d’enfants dans le monde
4th Regional Pneumococcal Symposium Meeting Report
April 28, 2009
The 4th Regional Pneumococcal Symposium was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2-3 March 2009. Over 185 people from 38 countries, including 23 African countries, attended the two-day meeting in South Africa. During the symposium, participants heard presentations and discussed topics ranging from pneumococcal epidemiology to country perspectives on vaccine introduction and disease surveillance.
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