The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has saved 154 million lives over the last 50 years – equivalent to six lives saved every minute of every year – according to a study published in The Lancet.
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The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended the use of a universal varicella (chickenpox) vaccine as part of routine childhood vaccinations, according to an announcement from the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care.It is recommended that the vaccination should be given as a two-dose programme offered to children between the ages of 12 and 18 months in the UK, as part of a combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine.
These inaugural lectures will provide a brief snapshot of two career journeys in the field of mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. They will focus on the use (and misuse) of mathematical models for outbreak response and vaccine policy advice.
This year’s flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes will start earlier than planned as a precautionary measure, following the identification of a new COVID-19 variant, according to an announcement by the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The decision means those most at risk from winter illness – including people in care homes for older people, the clinically vulnerable, those aged 65 and over, health and social care staff and carers – will be offered a vaccine in England from September.