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NEWS SCAN: Polio funding, Haiti's paralysis cases, dengue vaccine collaboration, FMD alert in Asia, diseases from pets

Jan 27, 2011

 

Studies support reactive cholera vaccination

(CIDRAP News) – Against the backdrop of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti, two studies released yesterday suggest that cholera vaccination campaigns launched in response to outbreaks can be worthwhile.

In a small case-control study conducted during an outbreak in Vietnam in 2008, vaccination was found to be 76% effective, according to one of the two reports published by PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Japan, H1N1 prison outbreak, vaccine-autism poll, cholera levels off, E coli in ground beef, polio in Pakistan

Jan 24, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Fighting bioterrorism, ricin vaccine, food registry report, cholera aid

Jan 21, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Biodefense research, cholera vaccination, early H1N1 in Taiwan, avian flu in Myanmar, IV zanamivir

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Bangladesh, US bird deaths, China's disease response, ECMO for H1N1

Jan 11, 2011

 

CDC praises Haiti's public health efforts amid disasters

(CIDRAP News) – Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today praised the performance of Haiti's public health ministry in the wake of two catastrophic health events in 2010, the earthquake and the cholera epidemic.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Yellow fever warning, H5N1 in Korea, UN cholera probe, DoD pandemic grant, Australia pandemic expenses

 

NEWS SCAN: Egypt's H5N1 toll, South Korea outbreaks, infected mosquitoes against dengue, cholera in Haiti, flu vaccine in kids, flu in Ireland

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu in France and Egypt, cholera and crop losses, Salmonella sprout cases, brucellosis standards

 

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