WHO hopes new Africa meningitis vaccine can hasten eradication
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A new Indian-developed meningitis vaccine costing just 40 US cents per dose could help eradicate the disease in Africa following successful tests on children, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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News of an effective vaccine against malaria being developed is certainly a shot in the arm for the fight against this disease which kills over a million children and infects an estimated 300 million annually.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic, which could kill millions of people.
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The announcement of an effective malaria vaccine announced this week could become a life saver in areas of the world where deadly malaria claims millions of lives each year.
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Young people aged 11 to 18 should get a shot that protects them from the most dangerous type of meningitis, advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
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The first effective malaria vaccine promises to save millions of lives. Scientists were jubilant last Thursday when results of the trial involving children between one and four years in southern Mozambique
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Leaders of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have stressed that as the world commits more resources to treat people infected with HIV, it must also intensify efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent new infections and stop the continuing
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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has made a pitch for an early rollout of a new vaccine for cervical cancer, saying the formula could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of women in poor countries.
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The UK and other nations are to set up a fund to speed the development of new vaccines for poorer countries.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies
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After 50 years of failure, a vaccine against malaria could be in sight, raising hopes of slashing the death toll from a disease that kills more than a million people, mostly babies and pregnant women, every year.
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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Muslim nations will focus on key areas of child health and vaccine production to eliminate preventable diseases, senior health officials were expected to announce Friday in Malaysia.
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A new type of meningitis vaccine boosted the immunity of infants as young as six months, offering a potential new weapon against this deadly disease, British and Canadian researchers said on Tuesday.
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Scientists say they have developed an effective vaccine against malaria that could be ready for use in six years.
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A panel of US experts on Wednesday unanimously agreed that a new Sanofi-Aventis meningitis vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective, but said follow-up data was needed.
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A vaccine that prevents infections known to cause cervical cancer could be available to women within three years, UK experts believe.