>>> Събитието ще се проведе на английски. The event will be held in English <<<
Nearly half of all the deaths in children under the age of 5 now happen in the first month of life. And around a third are due to infections, many of which could be prevented by vaccines. However, the newborn is not yet vaccinated and remains very susceptible until life-saving childhood vaccines close this “window of vulnerability” in its early life. 👶
One of the approaches that are shown to be effective is vaccinating women during pregnancy against certain conditions that can affect the baby, such as tetanus, flu, and whooping cough. 🤰
This talk will go through the mechanisms that can regulate immunity to infection in newborn babies, the role of natural and vaccine-induced maternal antibodies and the recommended vaccines for pregnant women.
Professor Beate Kampmann will talk us over the use of vaccines during pregnancy in emergencies like the current pandemic, the available safety data and the issues of acceptance, as well as how we can share information with pregnant women and families.
💫 Professor Beate Kampmann holds a Chair in Paediatric Infection & Immunity at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She directs the Vaccine Centre at LSHTM and also leads the Vaccinology research at the MRC Unit-The Gambia in West Africa since 2010. She is an advisor to many global health stakeholders, e.g. WHO, BMGF, CEPI and has published over 200 manuscripts. Over the last few years she has set up several studies in both the UK and West Africa investigating the scientific and implementation challenges of administering vaccines in pregnancy.
Her research spans from basic research into innate and acquired immune responses to infection and vaccination in pregnant women and infants to clinical trials of novel vaccines and adjuvants.
She is the director of IMPRINT- the IMmunising PRegnant women and INfants network, a multi-disciplinary and global network of scientists, clinicians and public health representatives with a special interest in vaccines for pregnant women and newborns.