Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) for 29 January 2009

The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) for 29 January 2009, vol. 85, 5 (pp 29–36) includes Yellow fever fact sheet (revised in December 2009), and Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) , 3–4 December 2009:

“GACVS held its twenty-first meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, during 3–4 December 2009.2 The committee reviewed the safety of pandemic A (H1N1) influenza vaccines and the safety profile of a meningococcus A conjugate vaccine that will soon be deployed in sub-Saharan Africa. The committee also discussed the use of bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine in areas with a high prevalence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and reviewed progress with global monitoring of adverse events following immunization (AEFI)…”

http://www.who.int/wer/2010/wer8505.pdf

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