Immunisation

The Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices, which advises the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, voted unanimously to recommend routine use of Merck & Co's Gardasil in 11 and 12-year-old boys to fight the sexually transmitted virus, with 13 yes votes and one abstention.

HPV vaccine for boys recommended by US advisers 2011

The prior recommendations were based largely on evidence that the vaccine protects boys from genital warts, but the new recommendations reflect several studies showing the vaccine helps prevent cancers in boys as well, Dr Anne Schuchat, director of the National Centre for Immunisation and Respiratory Diseases, said in a conference call with reporters.

HPV vaccine for boys recommended by US advisers 2011

Globally, there's Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or GAVI, and it's very important in promoting vaccination.

Preparing For Another Flu Season 2010

Nor has the pace or intensity of the job eased much since, but in London on Tuesday he was delighted as an audience of academics and activists – not usual enthusiasts for US aid policy – at the London School of Economics congratulated him several times for his commitments on food and health initiatives, in particular the US pledge of $450m to the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation Gavi on Monday.

Rajiv Shah: Our aid work is for the American people | Madeleine Bunting 2011

Globally, there's Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or GAVI, and it's very important in promoting vaccination.

Preparing For Another Flu Season 2010

Globally, there's Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or GAVI, and it's very important in promoting vaccination.

Preparing For Another Flu Season 2010

The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation Gavi, set up by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said yesterday that Serum Institute of India and Panacea Biotec had agreed to reduce the prices of their pentavalent vaccine, which protects against five fatal diseases.

Drugs companies to lower price of vaccines in developing countries 2011

The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation Gavi, set up by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said yesterday that Serum Institute of India and Panacea Biotec had agreed to reduce the prices of their pentavalent vaccine, which protects against five fatal diseases.

Drugs companies to lower price of vaccines in developing countries 2011

Globally, there's Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or GAVI, and it's very important in promoting vaccination.

Preparing For Another Flu Season 2010

What's unclear is how, when arm's length bodies vanish into Whitehall anonymity? and many independent scientific advisory bodies, including the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, will become departmental committees? everyone can be sure they're free from political and industry pressure.

Quango cull must lead to greater transparency Gaby Hinsliff 2010