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Disease: Pneumococcus
Total results with these characteristics: 159
- What Do the Next 100 Years Hold for Pneumococcal Vaccination?
This editorial article, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, provides a brief historical overview of vaccination against pneumococcal disease and offers a perspective on the future of pneumococcal vaccines. The authors describe the …
Author: Rijkers GT, van Mens SP, van Velzen-Blad H
Published: 2010
- What Would Happen if We Stopped Vaccinations?
This web page provides a summary of disease-related consequences of stopping immunizations. Vaccination programs have eliminated or significantly reduced many vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States and elsewhere. However, these diseases …
Author: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Which Pneumococcal Serogroups Cause the Most Invasive Disease: Implications for Conjugate Vaccine Formulation and Use, Part I
Published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, this study analyzed more than 70 recent data sets to compare the serogroups causing invasive pneumococcal disease with those represented in conjugate vaccine formulations. ABSTRACT ONLY. …
Author: Hausdorff WP, Bryant J, Paradiso P, Siber G
Published: 2000
- WHO Expert Consultation on Serotype Composition of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines for Use in Resource-Poor Developing Countries, 26–27 October 2006, Geneva.
Published in the journal Vaccine, this article reports on a World Health Organization expert consultation to formulate a data-driven approach to determine the minimum or optimal formulation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, particularly keeping in …
Author: Cherian T
Published: 2007
- WHO Policy Development Processes for a New Vaccine: Case Study of Malaria Vaccines
This article, published in Malaria Journal, analyzed the World Health Organization policy development process to predict its course for a malaria vaccine. Data needs for a malaria vaccine include safety; the demonstration of efficacy in a range of …
Author: Milstien J, Cardenas V, Cheyne J, Brooks A
Published: 2010
- WHO Prequalified Vaccines
This web page provides a database of vaccines prequalified by the World Health Organization which allows the user to search by manufacturer, vaccine, or country of manufacture. The database is tailored to support immunization program managers, …
Author: World Health Organization
- WHO Vaccine Reaction Rates Information Sheets
This web page provides links to information sheets on reaction rates of selected vaccines. The papers are primarily designed for use by national public health officials and immunization program managers. Data from these sheets can be used for the …
Author: World Health Organization
- World Health Organization Definition of "Radiologically Confirmed Pneumonia" May Under-estimate the True Public Health Value of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccines
The public health benefit of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) in preventing pneumonia would only be appreciated if the tool used for measuring “pneumococcal pneumonia” had good sensitivity. Exploratory studies in South Africa …
Author: Madhi S, Klugman K
Published: 2007
- World Pneumonia Day
This website is a source for information about World Pneumonia Day—November 12—which was established in 2009. The aim of the day is to raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five; …
Author: PneumoADIP, GAVI Alliance, Save the Children, Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia
