Recent Advances in Immunization – Second Edition

Scientific Publication 619

Author:

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Price: £20.00  £16.00

This publication, 'Recent Advances in Immunization – Second Edition', examines the key issues involved in immunisation programmes in the Pan American Health Organization region.

Chapters include:

• Adolescent and Adult Immunisation

• Combination Vaccines for Childhood Immunisation

• Optimal Use of the BCG Vaccine for the Prevention of Tuberculosis (TB)

• Vaccination Safety

• Interpretation of Measles and Rubella Serology

• Preparing for the Influenza Pandemic

• The Introduction of New and Underused Vaccines

• Recent Developments with Prophylactic Human Papillomavirus Vaccines

The Pan American Health Organization is a regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO). The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialised agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

This publication is useful to students of schools of public health, medicine, and nursing; epidemiologists and disease control specialists; experts on surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases; vaccinologists; and infectologists.

Extent	139 pages	ISBN	9789275116197
Size	tbc	Price	£20.00  £16.00
Format	Paperback	Published	14 Mar 2007
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