American Medical Centers to Establish 29 Vaccination Centers in 13 Cities in the Ukraine.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 9, 1999-- American Medical Centers, a subsidiary of First Medical Group (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: FMDG.OB), Stamford, Connecticut, U.S., announced today in conjunction with the Ukraine Ministry of Health that it plans to establish 29 vaccination centers in 13 cities in the Ukraine. The contract for supplying vaccines for the centers has been awarded to SmithKline Beecham, one of the world leaders in vaccinology vac·ci·nol·o·gy n. The science or methodology of vaccine development. vaccinology A nascent field of expertise related to the creation and deployment of vaccines; the field 'borrows' from epidemiology, immunology, . The centers will provide immunisation against infectious diseases that can be effectively controlled by means of active vaccinations. The diseases include, but are not limited to diphtheria diphtheria (dĭfthēr`ēə), acute contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Klebs-Loffler bacillus) bacteria that have been infected by a bacteriophage. It begins as a soreness of the throat with fever. , influenza, hepatitis A Hepatitis A Definition Hepatitis A is an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, the hepatitis A virus (HAV). It varies in severity, running an acute course, generally starting within two to six weeks after contact with the virus, and lasting no + B, rubella rubella or German measles, acute infectious disease of children and young adults. It is caused by a filterable virus that is spread by droplet spray from the respiratory tract of an infected individual. , mumps, measles, polio and pertussis pertussis: see whooping cough. . American Medical Centers expects to provide vaccinations to approximately 200,000 Ukrainian children and adults over the first 5 months of the program. The centers will be staffed and managed by the American Medical Center, Kiev. This is the only national healthcare provider licensed by the ministry of Health to administer these vaccinations and provide a range of American style medical care. American Medical Centers Kiev, is a subsidiary of First Medical Group, a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , which has operations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia including medical centers in Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg), Poland (Warsaw), Czech Republic (Prague), Turkey (Istanbul) in addition to off-site support services. SmithKline Beecham (SB) is one of the world's leading healthcare companies. SB discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, vaccines, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and health-related consumer products. Every year SB distributes 600 million doses of vaccines to 160 countries. SB opened its representative office in Ukraine in 1995 and a Ukrainian legal entity "SB Ukraine OOO (1) (Optical in Optical processing Optical out) Refers to network devices that maintain the photonic transmission signal without converting back to electrical signals. Contrast with OEO. See optical switch. (2) (OOo) See OpenOffice.org. " started operations in 1998.
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1. List of diseases and vaccinations
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Disease Brand Name
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Hepatitis A Havrix
Hepatitis B Engerix-B
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Twinrix
Influenza Fluarix
Poliomyelitis Polio Sabin
Rubella Ervevax
Measles Rimevax
Measles/Rubella/Mumps Priorix
Haemophilus influenzae b Hiberix
Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus Tritanrix combined vaccines
All these vaccines are registered products in Ukraine. All the
vaccines are used extensively world-wide and have a proven high level
of safety and clinical effectiveness.
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