ABSTRACT
A phase II open and parallel reactogenicity, immunogenicity and safety trivalent meningitis vaccine (Mencevax) trial was conducted on 413 volunteer 2-29-year-old rural residents in Ethiopia in November/December 2005. Adverse events (AE) were monitored at 1h, 1, 2, 3, 7 and 28 days after vaccination. No serious AE occurred except for burn injury (one) and severe malaria (one) after day 28. Irritability (45/411), loss of appetite (27/411), pain at injection site (26/412), dizziness (18/409), crying (14/411), insomnia, headache and diarrhoea (13/411) were the most frequent AEs. Overall, the vaccine is safe in the age groups studied.
Subject(s)
Meningitis, Meningococcal/immunology , Meningococcal Vaccines/immunology , Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135/immunology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Dizziness/etiology , Ethiopia , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Meningitis, Meningococcal/prevention & control , Meningococcal Vaccines/administration & dosage , Meningococcal Vaccines/adverse effects , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/etiology , Time Factors , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Setting priorities for health research is a difficult task, especially for the neglected diseases of the poor. A new approach to priority setting for tropical diseases research has been adopted by the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (known as the TDR). Priorities are defined on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of research needs and research opportunities for each of the ten major tropical diseases in the TDR portfolio. The resulting strategic emphases matrix reflects the priorities for tropical diseases research from the perspective of the TDR. Its purpose is not to impose global research priorities, but we believe the results could be useful to other organizations.
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Research , Tropical Medicine/trends , Communicable Disease Control/statistics & numerical data , Global Health , Humans , Research Design/legislation & jurisprudence , Socioeconomic Factors , United Nations , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
Setting priorities for health research is a difficult task, especially for the neglected diseases of the poor. A new approach to priority setting for tropical diseases research has been adopted by the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (known as the TDR). Priorities are defined on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of research needs and research opportunities for each of the ten major tropical diseases in the TDR portfolio. The resulting strategic emphases matrix reflects the priorities for tropical diseases research from the perspective of the TDR. Its purpose is not to impose global research priorities, but we believe the results could be useful to other organizations.
