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Cassava, konzo, and neurotoxicity Cassava, konzo, ...

  The Lancet Global Health, Volume 5, No. 9, e853–e854, September 2017 Cassava, konzo, and neurotoxicity Charles R Newton  &n ...

Collaborating to achieve Global Vaccine Action Pla ...

The Lancet, Volume 390, No. 10093, p451–452, 29 July 2017 Correspondence Collaborating to achieve Global Vaccine Action Plan goals Alan R Hin ...

W.H.O. Position Paper, Hepatitis B Vaccination, Ju ...

This updated version of the W.H.O. position on hep B vaccination places emphasis on the birth dose (preferably days 1-3 of life) and the need to vacci ...

An African-driven health agenda

An African-driven health agenda Comment on the Africa Health Form recently concluded in Kigali http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS014 ...

Mortality among 5-17 year old children in Kenya

Mortality among 5-17 year old children in Kenya Also accessible at http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/27/121/full/#.WUjwJGiGPIU & ...

Smallpox Eradication in Bangladesh: An Interview w ...

For those interested in smallpox, here is an interview with Bruce Weniger, who worked on smallpox eradication in Bangladesh in 1975. https://www.glob ...

Five Million Hits- Reflections on Polio Surveillan ...

Five Million Hits – Reflections on Polio Surveillance Attentive readers will by now have noticed that this website has just topped the 5 millio ...

Assessments of global drivers of vaccine hesitancy ...

PLoS One. 2017 Mar 1;12(3):e0172310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172310. eCollection 2017. Assessments of global drivers of vaccine hesitancy in 2014- ...

Ensuring Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Women

Also at http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1701337 Editorial Ensuring Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Women Kathryn M. Edwards, M.D. N Engl J Me ...

Efficacy of a Low-Cost, Heat-Stable Oral Rotavirus ...

Efficacy of a Low-Cost, Heat-Stable Oral Rotavirus Vaccine in Niger Sheila Isanaka, Sc.D., Ousmane Guindo, M.D., Celine Langendorf, Pharm.D., M.P.H., ...

Hepatitis B vaccination timing: results from demog ...

Hepatitis B vaccination timing: results from demographic health surveys in 47 countries A.     Schweitzer et al., Bulletin of the ...

Response to a Large Polio Outbreak in a Setting of ...

Response to a Large Polio Outbreak in a Setting of Conflict — Middle East, 2013–2015 Weekly / March 3, 2017 / 66(8);227–231   ...

Maternal Immunization

Maternal Immunization Saad B. Omer, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1256-1267March 30, 2017DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1509044 Excerpts bel ...

Impact of International Monetary Fund programs on ...

Impact of International Monetary Fund programs on child health Adel Daouda,1, Elias Nosratib, Bernhard Reinsberga, Alexander E. Kentikelenisa,c ...

Needle adapters for intradermal administration of ...

Needle adapters for intradermal administration of fractional dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine: Evaluation of immunogenicity and programmatic fea ...

Biotechnology and the transformation of vaccine in ...

Biotechnology and the transformation of vaccine innovation: The case of the hepatitis B vaccines 1968–2000 Farah Huzair, Steve Sturdy, ...

Evolution and patterns of global health financing ...

“Between 1995 and 2014, economic development was positively associated with total health spending and a shift away from a reliance on developmen ...

Dracunculiasis eradication: Global surveillance su ...

Dracunculiasis eradication: Global surveillance summary, 2016 In calendar 2016, guinea worm transmission was confirmed in three African countries, in ...

Efficacité de la gestion de vaccins et qualité d ...

Efficacité de la gestion de vaccins et qualité de vaccination à l´antenne PEV Kisangani en République Démocra ...

Under-five mortality according to maternal surviva ...

Bull World Health Organ. 2017 Apr 1;95(4):281-287. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.157149. Epub 2017 Feb 2. Under-five mortality according to mate ...

Community engagement and integrated health and pol ...

Community engagement and integrated health and polio immunisation campaigns in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan: a cluster randomised controlled tr ...

Strengthening and sustainability of national immun ...

  Vaccine Volume 35, Issue 23, 25 May 2017, Pages 3007–3011 Strengthening and sustainability of national immunization technical advisory ...

Challenges to National Human Papillomavirus Vaccin ...

Challenges to National Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Program Implementation in Developing Countries    Shirazian, Taraneh MD; Smith, Courtn ...

Civil war, contested sovereignty and the limits of ...

Civil war, contested sovereignty and the limits of global health partnerships: A case study of the Syrian polio outbreak in 2013  Jonathan Kenne ...

Prevention of Chronic Hepatitis B after 3 Decades ...

  Prevention of Chronic Hepatitis B after 3 Decades of Escalating Vaccination Policy, China Now that we have 30 years’ experience with he ...

Human Papillomavirus Vaccines, W.H.O. Position Pap ...

Human Papillomavirus Vaccines, W.H.O. Position Paper, May 2017 Here are the updated W.H.O. recommendations on use of the HPV vaccine, thus far introd ...

Coverage and determinants of childhood immunizatio ...

Vaccine Volume 35, Issue 22, Pages 2871-3006 (19 May 2017) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X/35/22 Reviews Coverage and determina ...

Can infant vaccination prevent pneumococcal mening ...

Tropical Medicine & International Health May 2017 Volume 22, Issue 5  Pages 513–654 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tmi.2017 ...

Motorcycles, Cell Phones, and Electricity Can Dram ...

Motorcycles, Cell Phones, and Electricity Can Dramatically Change the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease in Africa Authors: Jean-Christophe La ...

The Next Chapter in Malaria Eradication

The Next Chapter in Malaria Eradication Editorial from the Lancet, with a cautionary note on RTS,S vaccine Abstract at http://www.thelancet.com/jour ...