Nigerian immunisation programme accused of distributing expired vaccines

Overview of vaccines and immunisation.

During the past two decades, advances in biotechnology and increased knowledge of the inductive and effector components of immune responses have revolutionized the field of vaccine development. This has opened a vaccine ‘pipeline’ that has already resulted in the licensure of many new and improved vaccines including recombinant hepatitis B vaccine, acellular pertussis vaccines, and conjugate va...

Immunisation programme of Nepal: an update.

Nepal initiated Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in the fiscal year 1978/79. By the next decade the programme was expanded to all the 75 districts of the country. However, due to various structural changes, the programme lagged behind and the national coverage of immunisation to around 80% could be reached by the year 2000 only. By 2004, some Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD), namely n...

1066Delay in the Norwegian Immunisation Programme

Vaccines: SA's immunization programme debunked.

Childhood immunisation with conjugate vaccines and prevention of pneumonia.

Childhood immunisation with conjugate vaccines and prevention of pneumonia Principi and Esposito describe that widespread use of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has nearly eliminated pneumonia due to the first pathogen and significantly reduced the number of cases due to the second pathogen. So, they advise a strong recommendation of these vaccines world...