Updates

DRC and Cameroon Engage in SIF Peer Exchange

09.30.10

Things seem to be moving in the right direction for immunization financing in the DRC. After sponsoring and actively participating in a very successful parliamentary briefing a few months ago, we have recently organized the first SIF Sabin sponsored peer exchange for the DRC.

Mali forms Innovative 'Plateforme' for SIF

09.29.10

On 28 September, seventeen parliamentarians and government officials came together in Bamako to discuss ways to sustainably finance Mali’s immunization program. It was the latest in a series of Sabin-organized briefings that began in Bamako in October 2009.

Pan American Health Organization Honors Sabin Executive Vice President Dr. Ciro de Quadros’ Contributions to Public Health in the Americas

Submitted by Sabin on Wed, 2010-09-29 00:00

September 29, 2010

Sabin Executive Vice President Dr. Ciro de Quadros received an award yesterday from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in recognition of his contributions to public health in the Americas and his involvement in the creation of PAHO's Revolving Fund for Vaccine Procurement.

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Working on a National Immunization Trust Fund in Senegal

09.24.10

SIF Program Director Mike McQuestion and SIF Senior Program Officer Jonas Mbwangue are in Dakar, Senegal today to meet with members of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Financing and Parliament to work on recommendations for a national immunization fund. Their meeting is subsequent t

Sabin President Dr. Peter Hotez Offers Testimony at FDA Hearing on Controlling and Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2010-09-23 00:00

September 23, 2010

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09.20.10

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SIF advocacy work advances in Kenya

09.20.10

On 8 September, SIF Senior Program Officer Diana Kizza and two members of the Kenyan Pediatric Society briefed six Kenyan MPs on immunization financing issues in the country. It was the country’s first such Sabin-organized briefing. Six of eleven Parliamentary Health Committee members att

SIF Peer Exchange between DR Congo & Cameroon

09.13.10

SIF Sabin is currently hosting a peer exchange between Cameroon and DRC in Yaounde this week. SIF SPOs Helene Mambu-ma-Disu and Jonas Mbwangue are working together to host MPs through a planned series of activities intended to inform policymakers from both countries on various recommendat

Statement from Sabin Vaccine Institute on the Death of Dr. Calil K. Farhat

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2010-09-09 00:00

September 9, 2010

Sabin Executive Vice President Dr. Ciro de Quadros issued the following statement today regarding the death of Dr. Calil K. Farhat:

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A Creative Model for Vaccine Development

Submitted by Sabin on Thu, 2010-09-02 00:00

September 2, 2010

Helen Coster, a New York- based staff writer at Forbes, will be traveling to Bolivia in the fall on a fellowship with the International Reporting Project. Ms. Coster's blog post is reprinted with permission from Forbes.

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