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2011
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Akira Homma et al., « Atualização em vacinas, imunizações e inovação tecnológica », Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, ID : 10670/1.3j091w
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"The smallpox worldwide eradicationwas the major world public health achievement. The binomial ¿ vaccines and immunization ¿ continues to demonstrate very high performancein the prevention and control of other diseases preventable by vaccination. The new global initiatives on vaccination, such as GAVI, have madepossible the introduction of new and important vaccines preventing million of children deaths in the poorest countries in the world. The National Immunization Program of Brazil is also beingstrengthened, with the introduction of several new vaccines into the basic calendar as rotavirus, pneumococcal and meningococcal conjugated andH1N1 in national campaign, covering the population at risk. With the discovery of high valuedvaccines, the big pharmaceutical companies became interested in this area, investing heavily intechnological innovation, making fusions, acquisitions and technological partnerships. Brazil has also established a new innovation policy, creatingnew laws as well as subsidizing projects in technological innovation and modernization of production infra-structure. "