News tagged with vaccine supplies


African immunization systems fall short, experts say

In Africa, issues of vaccine supply, financing, and sustainability require urgent attention if the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved, according to African experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine.

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Just how severe is this flu season?

(HealthDay)—If the headlines are any indication, this year's flu season is turning out to be a whopper.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yellow fever kills 32 in Sudan's Darfur: ministry

Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has yielded key insights, scientists say

The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide have advanced scientists' understanding of influenza biology and yielded important information on how to prevent ...

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Computational modeling can help plan vaccine introduction, study finds

Proper planning before the introduction of new vaccines into a developing country's active immunization program could prevent storage problems and transportation bottlenecks that decrease the availability of existing vaccines ...

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