GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the incorporation of its pneumococcal vaccine into the Kenyan national immunisation programme. Kenya is the first African country to receive pneumococcal vaccines through the innovative financing mechanism known as the Advance Market Commitment (AMC), which is designed to bring heavily discounted vaccines to children living in the world’s poorest countries. At a […]
Two-year campaign aims to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus in Lao PDR
VIENTIANE, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 14 February 2011– As morning broke in the province of Bollikhamxay, health workers made final preparations for a mass immunization drive targeting women and children from surrounding villages. Tucked into the rolling mountainous landscape of Laos, Bollikhamxay is one of many provinces that recently conducted the third round of a […]
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk: Questions and Answers
Published by the National Cancer Institute Introduction Oral contraceptives (OCs) first became available to American women in the early 1960s. The convenience, effectiveness, and reversibility of action of birth control pills (popularly known as “the pill”) have made them the most popular form of birth control in the United States. However, concerns have been raised […]
Effect of oral contraceptives on risk of cervical cancer in women with human papillomavirus infection: the IARC multicentric case-control study*
Dr Victor Moreno MD F Xavier Bosch MD, Nubia Muñoz MD, ProfChris JLM Meijer MD, Prof Keerti V Shah MD, Jan MM Walboomers PhD, Rolando Herrero MD, Silvia Franceschi MD, and for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Multicentric Cervical Cancer Study Group Summary Background Use of oral contraceptives could increase risk of […]
Vaccine Helper Boosts Immune System
By Peggy Pico SAN DIEGO — New technology developed at San Diego State University is paving the way for new and better working vaccines. After 25 years of work, SDSU’s Bioscience Center researcher Edward Morgan, PhD., and research partner Sam Sanderson, PhD. of the University of Nebraska, said they’ve found a way to make vaccines […]
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