Vaccine
Volume 33, Issue 20, Pages 2297-2394 (11 May 2015)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0264410X/33/20

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Vaccine introduction in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Pages 2297-2300
Florian Marks, Batmunkh Nyambat, Zhi-Yi Xu, Vera von Kalckreuth, Paul E. Kilgore, Hye Jin Seo, Yuping Du, Se Eun Park, Justin Im, Frank Konings, Christian G. Meyer, Thomas F. Wierzba, John D. Clemens
Abstract
The feasibility of mass vaccination campaigns for Japanese encephalitis and Haemophilus influenzae type b infections was explored in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea using pilot vaccination studies. The experiences from these initial studies were then used to support larger vaccination campaigns in children at risk of these infections. We discuss the challenges and requirements for the inclusion of additional vaccines into the existing expanded program on immunization in the country.