Global vaccines community must bring down price of new vaccines
On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that high prices for new vaccines could put developing countries in the precarious situation of not being able to afford to fully vaccinate their children in the future.
“Urgent action is needed to address the skyrocketing price to vaccinate a child, which has risen by 2,700 per cent over the last decade,” said physician Manica Balasegaram, executive director of MSF’s Access Campaign. “Countries where we work wil...
Source: MSF News - April 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Access Campaign NEWS Frontpage Vaccination Source Type: news
Global Vaccines Community Must Bring Price of New Vaccines Down
The GAVI Alliance is an international public-private partnership whose stated mission is to increase access to immunization for children in poor countries. GAVI co-finances the cost of vaccines with qualifying countries. Participants include governments of developing and donor countries, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, research and technical agencies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other philanthropic organizations.
ABU DHABI, APRIL 23, 2013—On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates, and General Sheikh Mohamed b...
Source: MSF News - April 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Norovirus Is Now the Main Cause of Acute GI Problems in KidsNorovirus Is Now the Main Cause of Acute GI Problems in Kids
Following introduction of rotavirus vaccines, norovirus has become the main cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under 5 years in the US, costing nearly $300 million per year. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
New study highlights Chagas disease as a growing health and socio-economic challenge
(Sabin Vaccine Institute) Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas disease and found that the total economic burden of Chagas disease matches or exceeds that of many more well-known diseases such as rotavirus, Lyme disease and cervical cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccination in children impacts on adults
Vaccinating children against rotavirus should be encouraged, say researchers, following findings that the prevalence of the disease has recently halved among unvaccinated adults in the USA. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - January 28, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Rotavirus vaccination in children impacts on adults
Vaccinating children against rotavirus should be encouraged, say researchers, following findings that the prevalence of the disease has recently halved among unvaccinated adults in the USA. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - January 28, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccine Given To Children May Indirectly Protect Adults Too
Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. The findings suggest pediatric immunization against the virus may be more cost effective than previously thought, given rotavirus-related health care costs among adults. Before the vaccine, rotavirus caused an estimated 24 million outpatient visits, 2.4 million hospitalizations, and 453,000 deaths in infants and young children worldwide each year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
"Decade of Vaccines" Blueprint Ignores High Prices, Lacks Ambition on Better-Adapted Vaccines to Help Reach More Children
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Mothers await vaccinations for their children at the Bumpe Government Clinic in Bo District.
Geneva/New York, January 24, 2013—Governments meeting at the World Health Organization’s Executive Board this week must seize the opportunity to improve serious shortcomings in the document that will drive the global community’s vaccines response for the next decade, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). If they fail to do so, some of the key reasons for why millions of child...
Source: MSF News - January 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rotavirus Vaccine: Protection for the Family (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccinating children against rotavirus may help prevent disease in adults, too, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - January 24, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Vaccinating children against rotavirus may indirectly protect adults too, study finds
(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. The findings suggest pediatric immunization against the virus may be more cost effective than previously thought, given rotavirus-related health care costs among adults. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Tanzania: 10,000 Sumbawanga Children to Get Diarrhoea, Pneumonia Vaccinations
[Daily News]Sumbawanga -A TOTAL of 9,959 children below the age of five years in Sumbawanga Municipality in Rukwa Region will be vaccinated against Rotavirus diarrhoea and Pneumonia, the Municipal Medical in-Charge, Dr Ally Makori Mussa, disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tanzania: Kagera Children to Be Vaccinated
[Daily News]Bukoba -A TOTAL of 109,407 children aged below five in Kagera Region will be vaccinated against Rotavirus diarrhoea and Pneumonia, Acting Kagera Regional Medical Officer (RMO) Dr Salum Sufian has disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tanzania: Kagera Vaccinates Children
[Daily News]A TOTAL of 109,407 children aged below the age of five years in Kagera Region will be vaccinated against Rotavirus diarhoea and Pneumonia, the Acting Kagera Regional Medical Officer (RMO), Dr Salum Sufian disclosed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 7, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Unicef Tender Supports Middle Income Country Access to Affordable New Vaccines
[Unicef]Copenhagen -To help improve global access to new vaccines that protect children against the leading killers of pneumonia and diarrhoea, UNICEF is inviting manufacturers to participate in a tender that will help establish affordable, sustainable supplies of Pneumococcal conjugate and Rotavirus vaccines for Middle Income Countries from 2013 to 2015. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 4, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Winter vomiting bug cases 72 per cent higher than this time last year
Further surge expected over next few weeksRelated items from OnMedicaTexting can improve flu jab uptakeOlder people eating food past its sell by dateAlso in the pressUK rotavirus vaccination programme for next yearMalaria cases rise sharply (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
