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A quarterly publication
of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
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March
2001 issue - Contents
News
Special Feature
Grassroots
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Introducing hepatitis
B vaccine: As the first round of countries prepare
to immunize children for the first time against hepatitis
B, Scott Wittet shares some tips in advocacy, communication,
and training from developing countries that have done
it already
The Idea Exchange
Obituary
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Editor:
Phyllida Brown
GAVI Editorial Adviser: Lisa
Jacobs
Publisher:
Dr Tore Godal, GAVI Secretariat, C/O UNICEF, Palais des
Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Email: Gavi@unicef.org
External Editorial
Board:
- Maria Otelia Costales, Country Representative,
AVSC International, The Philippines;
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Shawn Gilchrist, Vaccine Industry Representative,
Aventis Pasteur, Toronto, Canada
- Keith Klugman, Department of International
Health, The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University,
Atlanta, United States;
- P. Helena Mäkelä, National Public
Health Institute, Finland;
- Philip Minor, National Institute for Biological
Standards and Control, United Kingdom;
- Khadija Msambichaka, Zimbabwe;
- Francis Nkrumah, Noguchi Memorial Institute
for Medical Research, Ghana;
- Paul Offit, The Childrens Hospital
of Philadelphia, United States, and Member, Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices;
- Mohammed Ashraf Uddin, Chief Health Officer,
Dhaka City Corporation, Bangladesh
The views expressed in Immunization Focus are not necessarily the views of the GAVI Board.
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