Impact of vaccines; health, economic and social perspectives

CMC Rodrigues, SA Plotkin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the 20th century, the development, licensing and implementation of vaccines as part of
large, systematic immunization programs started to address health inequities that existed …

The contribution of vaccination to global health: past, present and future

B Greenwood - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Vaccination has made an enormous contribution to global health. Two major infections,
smallpox and rinderpest, have been eradicated. Global coverage of vaccination against …

[HTML][HTML] Meningococcal vaccination: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices, United States, 2020

SA Mbaeyi - MMWR. Recommendations and Reports, 2020 - cdc.gov
This report compiles and summarizes all recommendations from CDC's Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of meningococcal vaccines in the United States …

Community-acquired bacterial meningitis

D van de Beek, M Brouwer, R Hasbun… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges and subarachnoid space that can also involve
the brain cortex and parenchyma. It can be acquired spontaneously in the community …

Meningococcal ACWYX conjugate vaccine in 2-to-29-year-olds in Mali and Gambia

FC Haidara, A Umesi, SO Sow, M Ochoge… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background An effective, affordable, multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine is
needed to prevent epidemic meningitis in the African meningitis belt. Data on the safety and …

After 2015: infectious diseases in a new era of health and development

C Dye - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Running over timescales that span decades or centuries, the epidemiological transition
provides the central narrative of global health. In this transition, a reduction in mortality is …

Acute bacterial meningitis in adults

F McGill, RS Heyderman, S Panagiotou, AR Tunkel… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Over the past several decades, the incidence of bacterial meningitis in children has
decreased but there remains a significant burden of disease in adults, with a mortality of up …

Acute bacterial meningitis

EC Wall, JM Chan, E Gil… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
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The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection

R Borrow, P Alarcón, J Carlos, DA Caugant… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: The 2015 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting discussed
the global importance of meningococcal disease (MD) and its continually changing …

The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic …

R Acevedo, X Bai, R Borrow, DA Caugant… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: The 2018 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting focused
on evolving invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) epidemiology, surveillance, and …