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Vaccine HuntersRegionGlobal Programme SummaryVaccine Hunters is a 4-part BBC World documentary series airing in February 2007 that examines the science of modern vaccines, what it takes to deliver them to some of the economically poorest people in the world, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Communication StrategiesThis television programme features explorations of which vaccines are being developed in the most cutting-edge labs around the world, including labs that are working on vaccines to prevent malaria and HIV. Major developments, such as efforts to produce vaccines that could treat as well as prevent disease, are investigated. A key theme underlying these illustrations is that global partnerships are critical for success; to that end, the series features efforts being undertaken by collaborative initiatives including The GAVI Alliance (formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation), the Hib Initiative, the Rotavirus Vaccine Program at the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), and the Pneumococcal Vaccines Accelerated Development and Introduction Plan (PneumoADIP). Specifically, screened Sundays at 0630 and 1830 GMT, the series includes:
Development IssuesImmunisation & Vaccines. Key PointsAccording to organisers, three-quarters of the 130 million babies born every year are immunised, yet 28 million children in the developing world do not have access to routine immunisation and 2.5 million children die of vaccine-preventable disease each year. Specifically, an estimated 3 million cases of Hib pneumonia and meningitis occur each year in children under the age of 5 years, resulting in almost 400,000 deaths which could be prevented by the Hib vaccine. Approximately 500,000 children aged 5 or younger die from rotavirus each year; routine use of a vaccine would save 700 lives a day. The World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis are responsible for 800,000 to one million child deaths each year. For every dollar spent on vaccines, an estimated US$27 dollars is saved in treatment. PartnersBBC World, the GAVI Alliance, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO, Pneumococcal Vaccines Accelerated Development and Introduction Plan ContactLois Privor-Dumm
Director, Communication Strategy The Hib Initiative Mobile Tel: 484-354-8054 lprivord@jhsph.edu Eileen Quinn Senior Communications Officer Rotavirus Vaccine Program at PATH Tel: 202-454-5005 equinn@path.org Benedicta Kim Communications Manager GAVI's PneumoADIP Mobile Tel: 410-370-1128 hekim@jhsph.edu Ms. Ariane Manset Programme Officer, Media & Information GAVI Alliance amanset@gavialliance.org Tel: 41 22 909 6521 Ms. Sandra Scolari Communication Assistant, Media & Information GAVI Alliance sscolari@gavialliance.org Tel: 41 22 909 6528 Selina Haylock Consultant Ruder Finn Mobile Tel: +44 (0)7768 832 989 shaylock@ruderfinn.co.uk BBC World, the GAVI Alliance, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO, Pneumococcal Vaccines Accelerated Development and In
SourceEmail from John Wecker to The Communication Initiative on February 2 2007 and BBC website; and emails from Eileen Quinn and Ruth Landy to The Communication Initiative on August 3 2007 and August 5 2007, respectively. Placed on the Communication Initiative site February 05 2007 Last Updated October 18 2007 |
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