WHO recommends rotavirus vaccination for all children

By admin | Jun 8, 2009

WHO officials have recommended that rotavirus vaccination be included in all national immunization programs.
The recommendation by WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts extends an earlier recommendation made in 2005 on vaccination in the Americas and Europe, where clinical trials had demonstrated safety and efficacy in populations with low and intermediate mortality. New data from [...]

By admin | May 22, 2009

Next Wednesday, eight Gulf Shores High School students will leave for Corn Island, Nicaragua to deliver much needed supplies that they have been collecting over the past year.
Areil Cash, Chad Peterson, Sarah Bosarge, Trent Manskow, Madeleine Cassiday, Dylon Zorn and Maggie Ronan will leave May 27 for Corn Island, Nicaragua. Not pictured but going on [...]

Clinic inspired by Bucknell Brigade serves thousands

By admin | May 12, 2009

Here is a wonderful article on some of the care that Bucknell Brigade that is helping in some of the criticle care that is needed in some of the poorest parts of the country.
Original Article HERE
Jim Ritter, Class of ‘04, walked through the door of the health clinic in Nueva Vida one morning in March [...]

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