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The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened the door to routine immunization of infants in sub-Saharan Africa by approving a vaccine manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India Ltd (SIIL) that has all but got rid of the deadly meningitis epidemics. In the four years since its introduction in Africa, MenAfriVac vaccine, which is both innovative and affordable, has had ...

Butanta Institute, a Brazilian research centre, is in discussion to develop a serum to combat the deadly Ebola virus with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Institute is an entity linked to the Sao Paulo state government that plans to develop the serum with the help of the NIH. The details of the proposed accord between the two ...