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| Vaccine for Azerbaijan | ||
| 29 January 2010 | ||
| Thirty-seven countries in the WHO European Region have organized pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine campaigns. Azerbaijan received its first shipment of donated vaccine in early January 2010, and is currently vaccinating target groups including health workers, life support services staff, pregnant women and people with chronic lung disease. WHO has received pledged donations of 199 million doses of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine from countries and manufacturers. Azerbaijan is one of 8 countries eligible in the European Region to receive the donated vaccine. | ||
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| November issue of EURO Immunization Monitor | ||
| 30 December 2009 | ||
| The November issue of the EURO Immunization Monitor (EIM) presents outcomes and recommendations from the 10th meeting of the European technical advisory group of experts on immunization (ETAGE), reports on the global measles management meeting, held in Geneva, and provides a synopsis of a special issue of the French epidemiological bulletin, dedicated to measles. The November EIM also notes the release of the WHO surveillance guidelines for measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the European Region, and provides an update on pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and the status of monthly measles and rubella reporting in the European Region. | ||
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| Regional workshops on deployment of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine | ||
| The first workshop will be conducted for 32 Member States in Copenhagen, Denmark, 17-20 August 2009. The second workshop will be conducted for the remaining 21 Member States in Istanbul, Turkey, 26-30 October 2009. | ||
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In the 21st century, every child has the right to live free from vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective health interventions available, saving millions of people from illness, disability and death each year. Effective and safe vaccines against over 20 serious diseases are available and many promising new vaccines are being developed. Although today's vaccines are highly effective and safe, new challenges are emerging.
As vaccine-preventable diseases still pose significant threats in the WHO European Region, strengthening immunization remains vital. Well-functioning immunization systems are essential to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 6 - reducing child mortality and major diseases - to which WHO and its Member States are fully committed.
WHO/Europe's goal is to reach and maintain high levels of immunization of children at the appropriate age and at the recommended doses, particularly those in vulnerable groups. To achieve this, WHO/
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