What is herd Immunity?

Link:

 http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=what-is-herd-immunity2013-08-27&goback=%2Egde_1179467_member_269163969#%21
 

Haiti's Cholera Outbreak: Nepal at focus???

A group of scientists say that Haiti Cholera outbreak originated from Nepal. Ok, this may be true but how about too much stigmitazion in a socio - political context?

Read more:

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/cholera_haiti.html

HEV Vaccine _ Call for SAGE Working Group

http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/nominations_working_group_hep_E_aug2013/en/index.html

Decade of Vaccines - Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011 - 2020

The Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) ― endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly in May 2012 ― is a framework to prevent millions of deaths by 2020 through more equitable access to existing vaccines for people in all communities.

GVAP aims to strengthen routine immunization to meet vaccination coverage targets; accelerate control of vaccine-preventable diseases with polio eradication as the first milestone; introduce new and improved vaccines and spur research and development for the next generation of vaccines and technologies.

Link:

http://www.who.int/immunization/global_vaccine_action_plan/en/

 

European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC)

To explain ECDC's role and activities, the Centre has produced a new corporate video illustrating its areas of work and how ECDC supports protecting public health across Europe.

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ECDCchannel

http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/surveillance/TESSy/Pages/TESSy.aspx

HEALTH SYSTEM FUNCTIONS

 

 

Source: Modified from WHO World Health Report, 2000