Highlighting the latest activities and initiatives of prominent organizations working in the vaccine industry such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, New Generation Vaccines, Fourth Edition, details steps developing countries have taken toward research, development, manufacture, and regulation of several new vaccines for widespread use.

This text will:

• cover the current state-of-the-art techniques in vaccine development a " including the successes and the failures
• trace vaccine development from the bench to public health with regard to both FDA and European Union regulations
• investigate improved methods for immunizing large populations, and the use of needless vaccinations
• discuss the advancements in the heavily government-funded areas for developing vaccines against potential bioterror and infectious disease agents as well as the immunization of large population bases for diseases like: Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, and others

Updated throughout with new cutting-edge information on recent breakthroughs and developments.

NEW TO GENERATION VACCINES, FOURTH EDITION:

• highlights the latest activities of prominent organizations in the vaccine industry
• covers the current techniques in vaccine development
• investigates improved methods for immunizing large populations

Highlighting the latest activities and initiatives of prominent organizations working in the vaccine industry such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank, New Generation Vaccines, Fourth Edition, details steps developing countries have taken toward research, development, manufacture, and regulation of several new vaccines for widespread use. This text will: cover the current state-of-the-art techniques in vaccine development - including the successes and the failures trace vaccine development from the bench to public health with regard to both FDA and European Union regulations investigate improved methods for immunizing large populations, and the use of needless vaccinations discuss the advancements in the heavily government-funded areas for developing vaccines against potential bioterror and infectious disease agents as well as the immunization of large population bases for diseases like: Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, and others Updated throughout with new cutting-edge information on recent breakthroughs and developments. NEW TO GENERATION VACCINES, FOURTH EDITION: highlights the latest activities of prominent organizations in the vaccine industry covers the current techniques in vaccine development investigates improved methods for immunizing large populations

Children in developing countries continue to be susceptible to infectious and non-infectious disorders that lead to growth retardation, cognitive impairment and high infant and childhood mortality. Clinical, epidemiologic and pathogenetic studies are providing opportunities to intervene against these disorders as never before. In this issue, international experts in child health offer their perspectives on the problems of greatest import to the health of children growing up in impoverished environments. Opportunities for research and intervention are particularly emphasized. Articles are specifically devoted to the following topics: Child Health and Survival in a Changing World; Childhood Nutrition and Growth; Children with Disabilities in the Developing Nations; The Burden of Enteropathy and Subclinical Infections; Malaria in Children; The Unholy Trinity: Nematode Infections in Developing Countries; The Burden and Etiology of Diarrheal Illness in Developing Countries; Intestinal Protozoal Infections; Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections; Primary Bacteremia and Meningitis in Developing Countries; Neonatal and Perinatal Infections; HIV in Developing Countries; and Tuberculosis in Children.