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Editorial Note
According to WHO estimates, in 1988, 787,000 newborn children died of neonatal tetanus, a rate of almost 6.5 cases per 1000 live births. In 1999, UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA launched the Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) Elimination Initiative, which had as its goal less than one case of neonatal tetanus per 1000 live births in every district of every country. Fouzia Shafique brings us an update on the achievements of this Initiative.
Robert Chen, as co-editor of a special issue on Vaccine Informatics, invites papers from colleagues for publication in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. And from Robert Steinglass we have four issues of Snapshots devoted entirely to immunization concerns.
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Launched in 1999 by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and partners, the MNT Elimination Initiative has led to the protection of more than 90 million women against tetanus in more than 45 countries through Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs). The Initiative raised over US$ 186 million for the SIAs to target women of reproductive age living in high-risk areas in 58 countries that had not eliminated MNT by 1999. Since then, 14 countries have been validated as having eliminated MNT and the validation process is underway in another 11 countries.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Vaccine Informatics
by Robert Chen
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New bioinformatics technologies are being invented and applied to address various vaccine-related questions using the large amounts of sequence, gene expression, and clinical data. From tracking immunization history in computerized registries to modeling impact of alternative immunization strategies and timely detection of outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases or safety concerns, informatics is also changing postlicensure immunization policy and programs.
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Access four issues of Snapshots, a newsletter produced by ImmunizationBasics, on cold chain, vaccine coverage and other immunization-related concerns.
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