2018 - 2018

Client
World Health Organisation (WHO)

Development of WHO’s pneumococcal vaccine position paper

MMGH supported WHO in drafting the position paper on Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) in infants and children under 5 years of age. The position paper summarises the evidence on the use of the currently available 10- and 13-valent PCV in children and presents WHO recommendations for their use.

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2019

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in infants and children under 5 years of age...

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266

Abstract

In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and combinations of vaccines against diseases that have an international public health impact. These...