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Issue 19

The I V I Newsletter

 July 2008
Dear friends,
welcome to the 19th edition of The I V I Newsletter.

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1.
 IVI UPDATE
 
- International symposium on 'Vaccines for the 21st Century' brings    together vaccine leaders

  'Developed nations must boost aid to tackle diseases in developing world'
 

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of its founding, the IVI hosted a symposium on vaccines, entitled "Vaccines for the 21st Century," in Seoul on April 2. This one-day symposium brought together more than 200 people from Korea and around the world...

The IVI: The First 10 Years
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A Decade of Progress in Global Immunization
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- Annual Board meeting held in Seoul
   The IVI held its 11th annual meeting of the Board of Trustees (BOT) on April 3-4. The meeting was    attended by Chairman Ragnar Norrby and members of the Board, foreign diplomats in Seoul...

    
- 8th advanced vaccine course held to boost countries' skills in vaccine science
   The IVI conducted the Eighth International Advanced Course on Vaccinology for the Asia-Pacific      Region from May 5 to 10. The annual training course.... 
 

- IVI supports DPRK in control of central nervous system infections
   The IVI vaccinated 6,000 children in the Democratic People Republic of Korea (DPRK) against    Japanese encephalitis (JE) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis...

 
- IVI scientists discover how transcutaneous vaccination disseminates immunity to the body
   IVI's scientists have discovered a mechanism by which a vaccine applied on the skin can cause    an immune response in the gut, as well as in the body....
 
- Statistician, senior scientist win best GIS paper award
   Ms. Kim Deok-Ryun and Dr. Mohammad Ali of the IVI's data management and biostatistics    department won the Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference ...
 
- Events
2.
 PUBLICATIONS
 
- Annual Report 2006-2007 (NEW)
 
- Brochure
 
- 10th anniversary leaflet (e-book)
  - Previous issues of the IVI Newsletter
  - PDVI Newsletters
  - Publications by IVI staff
   
3.
 FRIENDS OF IVI
 

- LG-sponsored Science Leadership Program launched for high school students
   LG, the Korea-based industrial giant, and the IVI launched in June a special leadership    training program for talented students to nurture future global leaders...

- IVI's PSAs grace university campuses on TV screens, computers
   IVI's public service announcements (PSAs) are now gracing university campuses across    Korea. They have been put on air through large TV screens and computer kiosks...
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