Millions of children to be vaccinated against diarrhoea and pneumonia
Posted Sep 28 2011 4:22am
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) announced today that 16 extra developing nations, including twelve African countries, will receive funding to carry out immunisation against diarrhoeaWhen bowel evacuation happens more often than usual, or where the faeces are abnormally liquid. and pneumoniaInflammation of one or both lungs.. By 2015 GAVI plans to immunise over 90 million children with pneumococcalRelating to the bacterium Streptococcus pneumonia. vaccines.
Thirty seven nations have been approved for funding for a variety of vaccines. The primary immunisations are against rotavirusA type of virus that is one of the causes of gastroenteritis, especially in young children. and pneumococcal disease (the cause of pneumonia, meningitisInflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, due to infection and sepsisInfection of a wound or body tissue with bacteria that leads to the formation of pus or to the multiplication of bacteria in the blood. ); other vaccines include the pentavalent vaccine against diseases such as diphtheriaA severe respiratory infection due to a bacterium that can cause difficulty breathing and swallowing as well as inflammation of the heart and nervous system, tetanus and hepatitisInflammation to the liver with accompanying damage to liver cells. B.
Rotavirus leads to death in over half a million children annually due to severe diarrhoea as a result of the rotavirus infectionInvasion by organisms that may be harmful, for example bacteria or parasites.. Rotavirus vaccines were introduced to Mexico in 2006 and, in the five years since the vaccine was rolled out the number of children under five who died from diarrhoea has fallen by 46%.
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) announced today that 16 extra developing nations, including twelve African countries, will receive funding to carry out immunisation against diarrhoeaWhen bowel evacuation happens more often than usual, or where the faeces are abnormally liquid. and pneumoniaInflammation of one or both lungs.. By 2015 GAVI plans to immunise over 90 million children with pneumococcalRelating to the bacterium Streptococcus pneumonia. vaccines.
Thirty seven nations have been approved for funding for a variety of vaccines. The primary immunisations are against rotavirusA type of virus that is one of the causes of gastroenteritis, especially in young children. and pneumococcal disease (the cause of pneumonia, meningitisInflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, due to infection and sepsisInfection of a wound or body tissue with bacteria that leads to the formation of pus or to the multiplication of bacteria in the blood. ); other vaccines include the pentavalent vaccine against diseases such as diphtheriaA severe respiratory infection due to a bacterium that can cause difficulty breathing and swallowing as well as inflammation of the heart and nervous system, tetanus and hepatitisInflammation to the liver with accompanying damage to liver cells. B.
Rotavirus leads to death in over half a million children annually due to severe diarrhoea as a result of the rotavirus infectionInvasion by organisms that may be harmful, for example bacteria or parasites.. Rotavirus vaccines were introduced to Mexico in 2006 and, in the five years since the vaccine was rolled out the number of children under five who died from diarrhoea has fallen by 46%.