Brazil to produce measles/rubella vaccine for poor countries

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Brazil to produce measles/rubella vaccine for poor countries

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-produce-measles-rubella-vaccine-poor-countries-122836063.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3rUpJK9_n8UGk1_lPq3KSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-10-28T125549Z_1_AJOE99R0ZX400_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-BRAZIL-TO-PRODUCE-MEASLES-RUBELLA-VACCINE-FO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's top biomedical research and development center announced plans on Monday to produce a combined measles and rubella vaccine for developing countries, mainly in Africa. The first Brazilian vaccine developed specifically for export will be made by Bio-Manguinhos, a unit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in partnership with the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. Brazilian health minister Alexandre Padilha announced the vaccine plan at a medical science conference that the Gates Foundation organized in Rio de Janeiro. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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