Influenza

Outbreaks in Africa underscore urgency for increased global surveillance

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 12th, 2003

As the world's influenza experts gathered recently in Geneva to determine next year's vaccine composition, recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Madagascar illustrate the threat influenza presents to developing nations.

Until now, the health impact of influenza on the developing world has received scant attention. But people in these countries are often at greater risk of death from influenza than people in other countries. Developing world populations may be malnourished; they may have other diseases such as AIDS that compound their risks; protection with influenza vaccination is often unavailable; armed conflict may force them from their...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2003-03-12)

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