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Experts: Weaknesses persist in Africa's immunization systems

(CIDRAP News) – Immunization systems in Africa still have supply, financing, and sustainability issues and need urgent attention from country leaders to reach the region's health goals, African experts said yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Cambodia and Bangladesh, measles-rubella vaccine drive, bagpipe fungal infection

Mar 12, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in ground beef, food safety comment period, Google Flu Trends, measles vaccination in Europe

Feb 13, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine and pregnancy, Campylobacter in chicken, fungal meningitis, measles & rubella in Europe, polio in Pakistan, infectious imports

Feb 4, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Dengue vaccine trial, cholera in the Caribbean, measles protection gaps, US-Canada animal disease agreement

 

NEWS SCAN: Measles vaccine failures, typhoid vaccine shortage

 

NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu for babies, peanut butter decree, less measles in Europe, rinderpest inventories, Pakistan's polio battle

Dec 21, 2012

 

Global study notes progress against infectious diseases

(CIDRAP News) – Infectious diseases are causing fewer deaths and illnesses worldwide than two decades ago, with fewer kids dying, but younger and middle-aged adults are bearing more of the overall medical burden, according to a massive multipart study published today in The Lancet.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Experts: Make polio vaccine a travel prerequisite for some

(CIDRAP News) – A panel of experts that advises the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is recommending that residents of polio-endemic countries be required to have polio vaccinations before they are allowed to travel abroad.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Prison-brew botulism, Uganda Ebola outbreak over, antimicrobial keyboard covers, rabies contact tracing, Australian measles

Oct 4, 2012

 

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