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Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review has expanded its coverage of new reports, books, research and analysis published independent of the journal channel covered in Journal Watch below. Our interests span immunization and vaccines, as well as global public health, health governance, and associated themes. If you would like to suggest content to be included in this service, please contact David Curry at: david.r.curry@centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org

Meeting: Vaccines for Enteric Diseases (VED) Conference
Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute.
Scientists, researchers and biotech experts this week at the to discuss how a highly anticipated conjugate typhoid vaccine could expedite global efforts to help prevent this disease. For the first time, children as young as six months of age can be protected against typhoid with a vaccine. Both adults and children will receive high levels of long lasting protection.
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases/leaders-fight-against-typhoid-express-hope-light-new-vaccines

Forum: Human Resources for Health: foundation for Universal Health Coverage and the post-2015 development agenda.
Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
Recife, Brazil
10–13 November, 2013
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/meetings/2013/human-resources/en/index.html
Main issues for discussion
:: Learning from a decade of action on HRH with respect to efforts to achieve the health-related MDGs as well as other important national and global health goals? Are we on the right track towards universal health coverage (UHC)?
:: Matching health workforce production to population needs and expectations.
:: Social needs and the regulatory role of the State.
:: Deployment, retention and management for an effective health workforce.
:: Empowerment and incentives for health personnel as we move towards UHC.
:: Exploring a forward looking agenda to make sure the health workforce is the vanguard for UHC.

Workshop: Adult Vaccination in Middle and Low Income Countries: TB, HIV, and Malaria.
Aeras
Presentations: http://www.aeras.org/blog.