The composition of demand for newly launched vaccines: results from the pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccine introductions in Ethiopia and Malawi.

Understanding post-launch demand for new vaccines can help countries maximize the benefits of immunization programmes. In particular, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) should ensure adequate resource planning with regards to stock consumption and service delivery for new vaccines, whereas global suppliers must produce enough vaccines to meet demand. If a country underestimates the number of children seeking vaccination, a stock-out of commodities will create missed opportunities for saving lives.

Postpartum cerebral infarction associated with aspirin withdrawal in the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

We observed 2 cases of antiphospholipid syndrome complicated with hemiparesis appearing after delivery. During pregnancy, both women were systematically treated with aspirin (100 mg/day) in addition to prednisone in the second case. Cerebral infarction appeared a few hours after delivery and 8 days after discontinuation of aspirin.

[Neoplastic hypercalcemia: prognostic factors of survival of patients; from 51 cases seen in internal medicine].

In our Internal Medicine department, we conducted a retrospective study of prognostic factors in patients with malignant hypercalcaemia. The records of 51 patients who had both hypercalcaemia and a histologically proven cancer were analyzed; 42 had a solid tumour and 9 had a myeloma. In 61% of the patients cancer had been revealed by hypercalcaemia.