Vaccine programmes and policies

Vaccine programmes and policies.

Management of an effective national vaccine strategy necessitates careful planning. In the face of budgetary constraints and the likely development of many new vaccines over the next few years, a rational choice of which vaccines to use and how best to use them will depend on first class disease surveillance, economic analysis of cost effectiveness and mathematical modelling to ensure optimal v...

Population policies, programmes and the environment

Human consumption is depleting the Earth's natural resources and impairing the capacity of life-supporting ecosystems. Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively over the past 50 years than during any other period, primarily to meet increasing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fibre and fuel. Such consumption, together with world population increasing from 2.6 billion in 1...

Women’s health policies and programmes and gender-mainstreaming in health policies, programmes and within the health sector

Effectiveness of meningococcal serogroup C vaccine programmes.

Since the introduction of monovalent meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) glycoconjugate (MCC) vaccines and the implementation of national vaccination programmes, the incidence of MenC disease has declined markedly as a result of effective short-term vaccination and reduction in acquisition of MenC carriage leading to herd protection. Monovalent and quadrivalent conjugate vaccines are commonly used...

Youth Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes in the UNECE Member States

Many young people believe that once they are given enough resources, they could easily establish and successfully run a business enterprise. So, they perceive that the major obstacle to their entrepreneurial activity is the lack of funding. Although the lack of collateral prevents many young people from startingup their own businesses, the experience, however, shows that this is only a part of ...