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WHO takes aim at dengue in strategy document

(CIDRAP News) – Saying dengue virus infections and deaths have mushroomed in recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a strategy report that sets a goal of cutting deaths in half and reducing cases by 25% over the next 8 years.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Raw milk Campylobacter outbreak, malaria deaths. yellow fever in Africa, chikungunya diagnosis, cell-based flu vaccine

Feb 3, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: West Nile mortality risk, new flaviviruses, zoonoses in developing nations

 

NEWS SCAN: Papaya Salmonella update, Aichi virus cases, DRC measles, yellow fever risk maps, spotting pandemic deaths, sizing up Rift Valley fever, predicting West Nile risk

Jul 26, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: H1N1 vaccine & narcolepsy, marker for flu vaccine response, anthrax vaccine meets goal, vaccine drive for bin Laden, malaria in pregnancy

Jul 12, 2011

 

NRC seeks changes in US vaccine program for biodefense workers

(CIDRAP News) – A report from the National Research Council (NRC) calls for some changes in a US Army immunization program for lab researchers who work with dangerous pathogens, saying the vaccines need to be made more accessible to civilian scientists.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in South Korea, yellow fever vaccine, polio in Congo Republic, monkeys as malaria reservoir

Apr 8, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Flu in Europe, flu toolkit for prenatal care, hazelnut food safety, yellow fever in Sierra Leone

 

NEWS SCAN: WHO on vaccine-narcolepsy link, H5N1 in Cambodia and Bangladesh, yellow fever via breast milk, health-grant fraud

Feb 8, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: UK decontamination guide, yellow fever vaccine campaign, polio support

 

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