Surveillance is an important element of vaccine introduction and monitoring efforts, but a lack of surveillance should not be seen as a barrier to vaccine introduction.

Surveillance is an important element of vaccine introduction and monitoring efforts, but a lack of surveillance should not be seen as a barrier to vaccine introduction.
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Upcoming Events

Upcoming events and meetings on pneumococcal disease, vaccination and global health.

For more immunization news and events, read GIN (Global Immunization News) available at: http://www.gavialliance.org/media_centre/publications/gin.php
http://www.who.int/immunization/en/

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in the Developing World launches its report on October 15th, 2008 at the House of Lords, London, England.  The APPG is the only group of its kind in the world, and recently conducted an exhaustive review of evidence on pneumococcal disease and efforts to prevent it, including the Advance Market Commitment, by reviewing written and oral testimony from tens of international experts.  For more information, please visit: http://www.appg-preventpneumo.org/

Together with nearly 100 professional societies, the Pneumococcal Awareness Council of Experts (PACE), a program of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, will launch its global call to action with a press event on October 24th at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.  For more information please visit: www.sabin.org/pace

The 48th ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting will take place in Washington, DC October 25-28th. The American Society for Microbiology presents the 48th annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in conjunction with the Infectious Disease Society of America’s 46th annual meeting. Registration is available online and on site. For more information, please visit: http://www.icaacidsa2008.org/

The American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition will be held from October 25-29, in San Diego, California. Deadline for early and discounted registration is August 15. For more information, please visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Emory Department of Medicine – Division of Infectious Diseases and Emory Vaccine Center will sponsor a Clinical Vaccinology Course, from November 14-16, in Bethesda, MD. Early registration is available until October 8. For more information, please visit: http://www.nfid.org

On November 15, the Kenya Pediatric Association will hold its 2nd Annual Running for Child Survival in Nairobi. The event will be a 3km walk and a 10km run within Nairobi. KPA’s mission is to Promote Better Child Health in Kenya, Enhance Knowledge on Child Health and Improve the Management ,Prevention as well as Eradication of Paediatric and other related diseases through Collaboration, Research, Advocacy, Education, Training, Sharing of Experiences and Implementation of Best Strategies. The goodwill ambassador of Running for Child Survival and former World Record Marathon Holder, Mr. Paul Tergat will flag off the event. He and the other participants will be joined by children from many of Nairobi’s orphanages and schools and immunization and de-worming of children, especially street families, will take place at the Uhuru Park Grounds on the day of the event.

The Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health will be held in Bamako, Mali, November 17-19 2008. It will bring together up to 1000 policy-makers and researchers to focus on the key linkages between the health sector and research, science and technology, higher education, and the global innovation system. For more information, please visit: www.bamako2008.org

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The Pneumococcal vaccines Accelerated Development and Introduction Plan is based
at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is funded by GAVI Alliance.