Vaccine Advocacy and Education

Meningitis Vaccine Out of the Cold Chain: Brings Hope to Remote Areas in Africas

11.20.12

In a groudbreaking announcment made last week, the World Health Organization ruled that the MenAfriVac vaccine, which is already having a big impact in the "Meningitis Belt" of Africa, can be safely used even after four days without refrigeration.

Santé : Le Financement de la Vaccination a Besoin D'etre Securise

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2012-11-15 00:00

Les travaux d’un atelier sur le financement durable de la vaccination au Mali ont débu

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World Pneumonia Day Celebrates Simple Solutions to Stop Leading Killer of Children

11.12.12

Around the world, more than 800,000 children die each year from childhood pneumonia. 99 percent of these children are living in developing countries.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal Celebrates Fifth Anniversary by Announcing Geopolitics Collection, Call for Papers, and More

Submitted by Sabin on Fri, 2012-10-26 09:27

The open-access journal, PLoS NTDs, celebrated its fifth anniversary. To commemorate this great achievement, the journal compiled editorials and research papers published over the last five years to create a collection, called “The Geopolitics of NTDs.”

The collection focuses on the geographic distribution of NTDs by region to highlight the key differences as well as similarities between the diseases in different areas around the world.

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Honoring World Polio Day

10.24.12

For more than a decade, people around the world have celebrated public health successes in reducing the burden of polio on October 24^th.

Vaccine Information Session

10.24.12

São Paulo, Brazil

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The Lancet: Reducing the global burden of congenital rubella syndrome

Submitted by Sabin on Sat, 2012-09-29 00:00

September 29, 2012 | The Lancet

Sabin Executive Vice President, Dr. Ciro de Quadros recently co-authored the following correspondence, which appeared in the September 29 edition of the Lancet.

Reducing the global burden of congenital rubella syndrome

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DoV Collaboration Leadership commits to making DoV vision a reality

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2012-09-26 00:00

This pledge proclaims the commitment by the Decade of Vaccines Collaboration Leadership Council to make the vision of the Decade of Vaccines a reality through the implementation of the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP). This pledge also shows the DoV Collaboration's commitment to the principles of Every Woman Every Child.

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Experts Convene to Address Major Cause of Childhood Illness and Death

Submitted by Sabin on Fri, 2012-09-21 00:00

September 21, 2012

10th International Rotavirus Symposium Kicks Off in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand – September 21, 2012 – This week, more than 350 leading scientific, public and private sector experts convened to discuss progress and next steps in reducing the global incidence of rotavirus, the most common cause of diarrheal hospitalizations and deaths among children worldwide. Rotavirus takes the lives of approximately 188,000 Asian children under five each year.