The Lancet Infectious Disease
May 2011  Volume 11  Number 5  Pages 333 – 416
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

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Vaccines and public health in Europe
Raffaella Bosurgi

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) conference on the Impact of Vaccines on Public Health was held in Prague, Czech Republic (April 1–3, 2011), with support from The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The conference shared expert insights and scientific evidence about a diverse range of topics including human papillomavirus (HPV) and women’s health, vaccines for infants and elderly people, the pipeline for malaria vaccines, vaccination for HIV, and the big challenges of the 21st century.