Supporters of the AMC concept say that it addresses an immediate problem by providing a reason for manufacturers to
provide pneumococcal vaccines to needy populations.
Not exact matches
The countries pledged the monies to create what amounts to an artificial market for the vaccines to
provide incentive for pharmaceutical companies to introduce next - generation
pneumococcal injections more rapidly, which could then be shipped to impoverished countries.
«As a result, we can extend beyond the 13 types of sugars, potentially
providing universal coverage against bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and other types of
pneumococcal disease.
- A beneficial mutation which
provides resistance to several diseases such as invasive
pneumococcal disease, bacteremia, malaria, and tuberculosis.
In February 2002, the 7 - valent
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV)(Prevenar; Wyeth, Sydney) was
provided free in NSW for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants and others at high risk of invasive
pneumococcal disease (IPD) at two, four and six months of age.1 This was a response to higher rates of IPD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children compared with the total child population.2 (For ease of reporting, henceforth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander will be referred to as Aboriginal.)