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Leaders in Fight Against Typhoid Express Hope in Light of New Vaccines

- The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will convene scientists, ...

Global Leaders Support New Six-Year Plan to Deliver a Polio-Free World by 2018

- Today, at the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

International Conference to Present Progress on Typhoid Fever Control and Prevention

- International and regional health experts will convene in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 1-2 March 2013 to review progress on ...

Bill Gates Emphasizes Power of Goals and Measurement as Keys to Tackling Extreme Poverty

- In his fifth annual letter (http://billsletter.org ), Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

Indonesia Aims To Become Global Hub of Vaccine Development

The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a target that by 2015 there should be adequate production of influenza ...

Indonesia has potential to become global hub of vaccine development

Indonesia has huge potential to become a global hub of vaccine development, President Director of PT Bio Farma ...

77 new polio cases found in Nigeria

At least 77 new cases of poliomyelitis have been recorded in 10 northern states in Nigeria, a top government official ...

Health Experts Highlight Growing Typhoid Pandemic in Asia

-As Outbreaks in the Region Continue to Rise, Global Health Leaders Call for Expanded Immunization ...

Polio eradication shifts into emergency mode

-       New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens ...

Gates Foundation Commends India's Progress Against Polio

-     One year polio-free anniversary underscores success of comprehensive approach to ...

RI's government to continue improving sanitation facilities

The government of Indonesia will continue to improve sanitation facilities in various areas across the country in the ...

Thirty suspected diphtheria cases in Lumajang

Lumajang District, East Java Province, recorded some 30 cases of suspected diphtheria in the January-October period ...

news focus: e Java beefs up immunization to fight diphtheria

East Java Governor Soekarwo on October 7, 2011, declared an extraordinary situation (KLB) for diphtheria in all parts ...

Gates Foundation and Partners Mark 2011 World Polio Day

-     On this year's World Polio Day (October 24, 2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...