Global Immunization

Global immunization: status, progress, challenges and future

Vaccines have made a major contribution to public health, including the eradication of one deadly disease, small pox, and the near eradication of another, poliomyelitis.Through the introduction of new vaccines, such as those against rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases, and with further improvements in coverage, vaccination can significantly contribute to the achievement of the health-related Un...

Toward global Haemophilus influenzae type b immunization.

Received 2 September 2003; accepted 5 September 2003; electronically published 18 November 2003. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Robert S. Daum, University of Chicago Children’s Hospital, MC 6054, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637-1470 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37:1600–2 2003 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. 1058-...

World Health Organization Geneva 1998 GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION Global eradication of poliomyelitis

The Immunological Basis for Immunization Series Module 6: Poliomyelitis GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION

Yellow fever GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION

The Immunological Basis for Immunization series is available in English and French (from the address below). It has also been translated by national health authorities into a number of other languages for Reprinted (with new covers but no changes to content) in 1996 This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all rights are reserved by the Organization....