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| 18 August 2010 | Kenya tests rotavirus vaccine Capital FM, Kenya - A new clinical trial on rotavirus vaccine in Kenya has shown it to prevent 83.4 percent of children from contracting severe rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhoea among infants during the first year of life. Read more |
| 26 July 2010 | What the world can do today for the health of children The National, Abu Dhabi (Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter) - Vaccines have saved the lives of millions of children around the world, and have the potential to save millions more in the future. Newly developed vaccines will prevent hundreds of thousands of child deaths each year from rotavirus diarrhea and pneumococcal pneumonia when countries can gain access to these vaccines. Read more |
| 23 March 2010 | Vaccine deal with drug giants to save the lives of millions of children The Guardian - It's a red letter day for Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. Today it announces that it has signed a deal, after four years of negotiating with pharmaceutical companies, the governments of five countries - Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Norway - and with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that will ensure the supply of a cheap vaccine for pneumococcal disease to babies in Africa. It could save, says Gavi, about 900,000 lives by 2015 and up to seven million lives by 2030. Read more |
| 22 March 2010 | Impfstoff und Moskitonetz: Malawi, einer der ärmsten Staaten der Welt, kämpft erfolgreich gegen Krankheiten Zeit Online - Vor ein paar Jahren liefen die Geschäfte noch prächtig. Viele Tote, Big Business. Ein Tischler nach dem anderen hatte sich an dieser Straße in Malawis Hauptstadt Lilongwe niedergelassen. Jetzt aber bleiben die Toten aus. Dave Kapasas beobachtet deshalb mürrisch das Treiben auf der Straße vor seinem Laden. »Ich habe im vergangenen Monat nur einen Sarg verkauft«, klagt der hoch aufgeschossene 30-Jährige an diesem sonnigen Februartag. »Wenn das so weitergeht, muss ich mir einen anderen Job suchen.« Read more |
| 16 March 2010 | Donors asked for $4.3 billion for vaccines for poor Reuters - A further $4.3 billion is needed if a global vaccines alliance is to meet its goal of supplying life-saving immunizations to millions of children in poor countries by 2015, the organization said on Monday. Read more |
| 16 March 2010 | Cash crisis looms for vaccine drive Nature - Rising demand for immunization programmes in developing countries could outstrip funding. Read more |
| 04 March 2010 | Video: ONE.org interviews Julian Lob-Levyt ONE.org Germany - On his recent visit to Berlin, GAVI CEO Julian Lob-Levyt spoke to ONE.org about GAVI's 10th anniversary and the challenges in 2010. Watch video |
| 18 February 2010 | Scientists raise fresh hopes for fridge-free vaccines BBC - Scientists at Oxford University have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration. Read more |
| 08 February 2010 | Science and philanthropy help make strides in combating rotavirus Media Global - The release of a new study chronicling the successful testing of a safe rotavirus vaccine, combined with a $10 billion donation over 10 years announced by the Gates Foundation at the World Economic Forum last week, may help stop rotavirus from claiming so many young lives. Read more |
| 07 January 2010 | Innovation in global health: a spoonful of ingenuity The Economist - New ideas for raising money for medical care—and spending it. Read more |
| 05 January 2010 | Vaccine financing push brings results World Bank - According to The State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunizations annual report, more children than ever before are being immunized against infectious diseases, thanks to a big push this decade to manufacture, distribute and pay for vaccines and immunization in developing countries. Read more |
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