Highlights archive

27 December 2011

• Call for nominations for SAGE Working Group on communication and dealing with vaccine hesitancy

19 December 2011

• Prequalified immunization and devices

9 December 2011

• The Meningitis Vaccine Project - where we are today?

2 December 2011

• European Countries Must Take Action Now to Prevent Continued Measles Outbreaks in 2012
• Increased transmission and outbreaks of measles in Europe
  pdf, 1.14Mb

30 November 2011

• GIN November 2011
  pdf, 2.30Mb

25 November 2011

• Progress introducing rotavirus vaccine into Latin America and the Caribbean
  pdf, 973kb

17 November 2011

• GAVI takes first steps to introduce vaccines against cervical cancer and rubella
• Measles Initiative hails GAVI decision to fund rubella campaigns
• WHO supports GAVI Board decision to fund human papillomavirus and rubella vaccines

11 November 2011

• Global routine vaccination coverage
  pdf, 1.03Mb

9 November 2011

• Medical waste poses an important threat to health

21 October 2011

• What is SAGE?

20 October 2011

Thiomersal

• Information sheet
• Questions and answers

15 October 2011

• GAVI Alliance partners to tackle childhood killer in Ethiopia

4 October 2011

Killed bivalent whole cell oral cholera vaccine
Manufacturer: Shantha Biotechnics Limited, India

• 1 dose

30 September 2011

• India's progress in reducing measles deaths
  pdf, 6.18Mb

27 September 2011

• Measles Initiative welcomes GAVI's funding for measles second dose
• Vaccines against major childhood diseases to reach 37 more countries

16 September 2011

• Call for proposals for consultancy
  on the infectious disease burden in the elderly

14 September 2011

• Updated summary tables of WHO routine immunization recommendations
  now including 2011 recommendations on rubella and tick-borne encephalitis

5 September 2011

DTP-HepB-Hib vaccine
Manufacturer: Biological E, India

• 1 dose
• 10 dose

4 August 2011

• OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) bivalent Type 1 & 3 (20 dose vial)
• The Measles Initiative vaccinates one billion children in first decade

28 July 2011

• World Hepatitis Day

27 July 2011

• Statement on narcolepsy and Pandemrix

8 July 2011

• Call for experts to serve on WHO SAGE Working Group on Yellow Fever Vaccines

7 July 2011

• Tetanus-Diphtheria (for adults) vaccine prequalified
  Bio Farma, Indonesia

5 July 2011

• Report of October 2010 QUIVER meeting

1 July 2011

• Injection safety efforts eliminate immunization-related infections

30 June 2011

• WHO manual for establishing national and other secondary biological standards

30 June 2011

• Seasonal influenza vaccine (Vaxigrip) prequalified
  Sanofi Pasteur, France

22 June 2011

• Polio vaccines prequalified
  Manufacturer: Bharat Biotech International Limited, India

16 June 2011

• Immunogenicity and Safety of a Meningococcal a Conjugate Vaccine in Africans

15 June 2011

• Typhoid vaccine prequalified
  Manufacturer: Sanofi Pasteur, France

13 June 2011

• US$ 4.3 billion committed by donors

9 June 2011

• The Lancet Series: New decade of vaccines

8 June 2011

• Call for nominations for Programmatic Suitability for Prequalification Standing Committee
  pdf, 113kb

1 June 2011

• Bivalent Poliomyelitis vaccine Type 1 & Type 3 (Sanofi Pasteur bulk bOPV)
  Manufacturer: Panacea Biotec, India

19 May 2011

• Report of April 2011 SAGE meeting
  pdf, 410kb

12 May 2011

Monovalent OPV type 2 vaccine prequalified
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium

• 10 dose
• 20 dose

20 April 2011

• Immunization highlights: 2010

12 April 2011

• Seasonal Influenza vaccine prequalified
  Green Cross Corporation

1 April 2011

• Progress to reduce measles in Africa challenged by resurgence
  pdf, 731kb

29 March 2011

• Immunization week 2011

23 March 2011

• Report of a survey of WHO Member States on viral hepatitis policy and practice

9 March 2011

• Call for experts to serve on new WHO SAGE Working Group

23 February 2011

• WHO vaccine prequalification priorities 2011-12

10 February 2011

• Outcome of Quinvaxem investigation

8 February 2011

• GACVS statement on narcolepsy and vaccination

1 February 2011

• Pandemrix vaccine and cases of narcolepsy

24 January 2011

• GACVS statement on Fluzone and febrile seizures

19 January 2011

• WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system - 2010 global summary

14 January 2011

• IPV vaccine prequalified
  Manufacturer: Statens Serum Institute, Denmark

6 December 2010

• IPV vaccine prequalified
  Manufacturer: Netherlands Vaccine Institute

16 November 2010

• WHO Immunization highlights: 2008-09

17 August 2010

• The Initiative for Vaccine Research Report 2008-2009

6 August 2010

• Introduction of rotavirus vaccines into national immunization programmes

2 July 2010

• Measles Initiative highlights the importance of adherence to global goals and strategies

22 June 2010

• Call for peer-reviewers

8 June 2010

• Summary Tables of WHO Routine Immunization Recommendations - updated

7 June 2010

• Finding of DNA fragments of porcine circoviruses in rotavirus vaccines - update

24 May 2010

• The Initiative for Vaccine Research Strategic Plan 2010-2010

30 April 2010

• WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization: Request for nominations

29 January 2010

• WHO hails new Gates Foundation support for decade of vaccines