POST 01356E: VACCINE RESEARCH AND INTRODUCING NEW VACCINES 25 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** A Boost for Vaccine Research: (Science, Emma Hitt: 28 March 2008) A recent estimate of the global vaccine business by Lehman Brothers predicts that the vaccine industry w...

POST 01354E: POLIO ERADICATION—LET’S FINISH THE JOB FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E, 01348E, 01350E & 01353E 20 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** NEED TO JUDICIOUSLY USE THE DIFFERENT OPVS There is no single oral poli...

POST 01353E: STOPPING POLIO ERADICATION WILL BE A HUGE BLOW TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E, 01348E, 01350E 19 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** I apologize if I have to repeat points I thought I ha...

POST 01350E: POLIO—CONTROL STRATEGY WILL ETERNALISE COSTS FOLLOW UP ON POSTS: 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E, 01346E & 01348E 13 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** Mogens, Perhaps I misunderstand your question, but my last response started with...

POST 01348E: VACCINATION RATES AND POLIO OUTBREAK FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E, 01345E & 01346E 9 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** Dear Mogens Munck, If you look up the geographical distribution of Wild-Polio virus type I case...

POST 01346E: WILD POLIO VIRUS 1,2 & 3 AND VAPP REQUIRE AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE FOR ERADICATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E, 01344E & 01345E 5 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** Dear Editor, As per your suggestion I looked up the we...

POST 01345E: DURING GLOBAL RECESSION USE SCARCE RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY (POLIO ERADICATION) FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E, 01343E & 01344E 3 NOVEMBER 2008 ****************************************** FOCUS NEEDS TO SHIFT TO OVERALL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN Before the eradicat...

POST 01344E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—ADDITIONAL ASPECTS TO CONSIDER FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E, 01341E, 013342E & 01343E 31 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** CONTROL MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG RUN Hans, I agree with you. You may recall that I was seconded ...

POST 01342E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE DEBATE CONTINUES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01339E & 01341E 27 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** The topic continues to be hotly debated and perspectives seem to differ widely. For those of you who would like a statistical u...

POST 01341E: POLIO ERADICATION VS CONTROL—THE REAL COSTS FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01339E 25 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** There was also myresponse to POST 00931E in which I wrote: QUOTE About the switch from eradication to control, imagine the world asking...

POST 01339E: POLIO—ERADICATION VS CONTROL FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01338E 22 OCTOBER 2008 ****************************************** Given the content of the World Health Report, which incidentally does not mention polio, why is WHO still trying unsuccessfully to eradicate the disease? It is t...

POST 01293E: MANAGING POLIO VIRUS 23 JULY 2008 ******************************************* Both the contributions have been cross-posted from CSU. A big thank you to Bob Davis and Evelyn Chege. -------- Meeting in Geneva in May, the governing body of the World Health Organization passed an u...

POST 01237E: Human Papillomavirus update 8 MARCH 2008 ******************************************* Cervical cancer has a devastating impact on women’s health around the world. Approximately, 500.000 women develop cervical cancer every year, and half of them do not survive it. Almost 80% of thes...

POST 01201E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Posts 01174E and 01179E 14 December 2007 ____________________________ TIP : If you consult TechNet archives on Listserv, most of you will not see the active links in the body of the text, depending on configuration. Please go to the very bot...

POST 01179E : ERADICATION EFFORTS Follow-up on Post 001174E 31 October 2007 _________________________________ This long contribution is sent by Robert Steinglass from IMMUNIZATIONbasics in the United States. _________________________________ "Stop the madness!" Dear Mo...

POST 01175E : VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO VIRUS 22 October 2007 _______________________________________ We wish to draw your attention to the Weekly Epidemiological Report of 28 September 2007 that featured a "Global update on vaccine-derived polioviruses, January 2006 - August 2007" Si...

POST 01174E : ERADICATION EFFORTS 20 October 2007 ______________________________________________________ Robert Davis from UNICEF/ESARO proposes the following analysis of eradication efforts. Food for thought and discussion! ___________________________________________________________ Pro...

POST 01137E : CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION 9 August 2007 ____________________________________ The following new materials especially on cervical cancer prevention and HPV vaccine are sent to you by : Scott_Wittet, Advocacy and Communication, Cervical Cancer Vaccine Project, PATH This m...

POST 01104E : IMPROVED MENINGITIS VACCINE 11 June 2007 _____________________________________ Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africa Could Signal Eventual End to Deadly Scourge. Successful Vaccine Trial Promises Long-Term, Low-Cost Protection From Epidemics in Africa. Indeed t he Meningitis...

POST 01094E : YELLOW FEVER INITIATIVE 18 May 2007 ____________________________________ Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever US$ 58 million GAVI contribution to prevent highly contagious disease in 12 West African nations 16 May 2007, Geneva ; The effort to contain th...