mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases—advances, challenges and opportunities

N Pardi, F Krammer - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
The concept of mRNA-based vaccines emerged more than three decades ago.
Groundbreaking discoveries and technological advancements over the past 20 years have …

Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century

DT Jamison, LH Summers, AY Chang, O Karlsson… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary In Global Health 2050, the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health
concludes that dramatic improvements in human welfare are achievable by mid-century with …

[HTML][HTML] Progress Toward Measles Elimination—Worldwide, 2000–2023

AA Minta - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2024 - cdc.gov
Measles vaccination effectively prevents measles, a highly contagious disease that can
cause severe complications and death and requires high population immunity to interrupt …

Advancing immunization in Africa: overcoming challenges to achieve the 2030 global immunization targets

OJ Okesanya, G Olatunji, NO Olaleke… - … Health, Medicine and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
African immunization programs are crucial in reducing the prevalence of infectious diseases
and improving public health outcomes. This review provides an overview of the current …

[HTML][HTML] The problem with delaying measles elimination

NS Crowcroft, AA Minta, S Bolotin, T Cernuschi… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Measles is a highly infectious disease leading to high morbidity and mortality impacting
people's lives and economies across the globe. The measles vaccine saves more lives than …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating digital health solutions with immunization strategies: Improving immunization coverage and monitoring in the post-COVID-19 era

G Pavia, F Branda, A Ciccozzi, C Romano, C Locci… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical importance of vaccination to global health
security and highlighted the potential of digital health solutions to improve immunization …

Maintaining Immunizations for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in a Changing World

A Baidya, V Willens, C Wonodi… - Annual Review of Public …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Immunization has saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years since the
launch of the Essential (formerly Expanded) Program on Immunization in 1974, representing …

[HTML][HTML] Map** the implementation determinants of second dose measles vaccination in the World Health Organization African Region: a rapid review

AA Adamu, RI Jalo, BG Masresha, D Ndwandwe… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The second dose of measles-containing vaccines (MCV2) has significant programmatic
relevance in the current immunisation landscape because it serves as both an opportunity to …

Incentives to vaccinate

P Campos-Mercade, AN Meier, S Meier, DG Pope… - 2024 - nber.org
Whether monetary incentives to change behavior work and how they should be structured
are fundamental economic questions. We overcome typical data limitations in a large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine Strategies Against RNA Viruses: Current Advances and Future Directions

KC Hsiung, HJ Chiang, S Reinig, SR Shih - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of vaccines against RNA viruses has undergone a rapid evolution in
recent years, particularly driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. This review examines the key …