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Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:29:25 +0000

GENEVA: 18 AUGUST 2015 – People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunization gap. Globally, one in 5 children still do not receive routine life-saving immunizations, and an estimated 1.5 million children still die each year of diseases that could […]

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World on the Verge of an Effective Ebola Vaccine

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:39:45 +0000

Geneva, 31 July 2015 – Results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that VSV-EBOV (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) is highly effective against Ebola. The independent body of international experts – the Data and Safety Monitoring Board – that conducted the review, advised that the trial should continue. Preliminary […]

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Vaccination must be scaled up in Ebola-affected countries: WHO

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:55:35 +0000

20 MARCH 2015, GENEVA– A growing risk of outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases in countries affected by Ebola must be countered by urgent scaling up of routine immunization activities, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are calling for the intensification of routine immunization services in all areas, and for mass […]

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