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Brief report on the First Asian Vaccine Conference (ASVAC) 2009
The First Asian Vaccine Conference (ASVAC) 2009 with the theme “ Improving Child Survival through Vaccination ” organized by Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ASPID), National Pediatric Hospital Cambodia (NPH), International Society of Tropical Pediatrics – Philippines (ISTP-Ph) and Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) was held at Royal Angkor Resort, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia from August 20-22, 2009 with Professor Lulu C Bravo as the over-all chair. Many distinguished international speakers were invited as well as the members of the Asian Strategic Alliance for Pneumococcal disease Prevention (ASAP), the EPI and National immunization Program managers of many Asian countries and the leaders of the 4 organizing societies, ASPID, NPH, ISTP-Ph and PFV.There were 350 participants from several countries mainly from Asia.
The ASVAC 2009 highlights the role of immunization in the control and prevention of childhood illnesses that claim the lives of millions of children each year. Almost 4 million lives could be saved every year in the world if these vaccines could be universally available to the children especially of the developing countries of Asia and Africa. The conference focus the value of vaccination and how this can contribute to the achievement of the 4th millennium development goal.
The Scientific Program comprised Key Note Message of “ Improving child survival in resources-limited countries: Focus on vaccination ”, Plenary, and Symposium sessions. Presentations covered The value of vaccination, The basic of immunology, Assessing new vaccines for inclusion in the national immunization programs, Advances in vaccination: 21st century solutions to age-old diseases, Vaccine for all ages, Getting new vaccines into the national immunization programs, New vaccines in the horizon: dengue, AIDS, Malaria and TB, Practical considerations in immunization, Vaccine as a social right, Communicating value of vaccines, Sharing best practices in immunization . Participants participated fully in the accompanying discussions.
The signing of “ Siem Reap Declaration 2009 ” by all country representatives and organizations were done as its output will call on all Asian governments, health care workers, NGOs, industry, professional and civil societies and all policy makers to recognize the value of immunization and support the introduction of new underutilized vaccines that have been found to be safe and efficacious for the control of childhood illnesses.
The ASVAC 2009 was successful in sharing the strategies and activities to achieve universal vaccination by various groups and is feasible which could be adopted by the community at large.
Professor Usa Thisyakorn, M.D.
Secretary General, Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases
President, the 9th international Congress of Tropical Pediatrics 2011
The First Asian Vaccine Conference (ASVAC) 2009 with the theme “ Improving Child Survival through Vaccination ” organized by Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ASPID), National Pediatric Hospital Cambodia (NPH), International Society of Tropical Pediatrics – Philippines (ISTP-Ph) and Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) was held at Royal Angkor Resort, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia from August 20-22, 2009 with Professor Lulu C Bravo as the over-all chair. Many distinguished international speakers were invited as well as the members of the Asian Strategic Alliance for Pneumococcal disease Prevention (ASAP), the EPI and National immunization Program managers of many Asian countries and the leaders of the 4 organizing societies, ASPID, NPH, ISTP-Ph and PFV.There were 350 participants from several countries mainly from Asia.
The ASVAC 2009 highlights the role of immunization in the control and prevention of childhood illnesses that claim the lives of millions of children each year. Almost 4 million lives could be saved every year in the world if these vaccines could be universally available to the children especially of the developing countries of Asia and Africa. The conference focus the value of vaccination and how this can contribute to the achievement of the 4th millennium development goal.
The Scientific Program comprised Key Note Message of “ Improving child survival in resources-limited countries: Focus on vaccination ”, Plenary, and Symposium sessions. Presentations covered The value of vaccination, The basic of immunology, Assessing new vaccines for inclusion in the national immunization programs, Advances in vaccination: 21st century solutions to age-old diseases, Vaccine for all ages, Getting new vaccines into the national immunization programs, New vaccines in the horizon: dengue, AIDS, Malaria and TB, Practical considerations in immunization, Vaccine as a social right, Communicating value of vaccines, Sharing best practices in immunization . Participants participated fully in the accompanying discussions.
The signing of “ Siem Reap Declaration 2009 ” by all country representatives and organizations were done as its output will call on all Asian governments, health care workers, NGOs, industry, professional and civil societies and all policy makers to recognize the value of immunization and support the introduction of new underutilized vaccines that have been found to be safe and efficacious for the control of childhood illnesses.
The ASVAC 2009 was successful in sharing the strategies and activities to achieve universal vaccination by various groups and is feasible which could be adopted by the community at large.
Professor Usa Thisyakorn, M.D.
Secretary General, Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases
President, the 9th international Congress of Tropical Pediatrics 2011
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