Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 10, Issue 35, 01 September 2005

September 2005 marks a new stage in the continuing development of Eurosurveillance, as a special working relationship with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is implemented

The summer of 2005 has been marked by a wave of cholera outbreaks in west Africa. Several outbreaks of varying intensity are currently occurring in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, Mauritania, Liberia and Nigeria

The evidence for the protective efficacy of hepatitis A vaccine has been well established. Although the original recommendations for hepatitis A vaccine were that it should be given to those at greatest risk, other alternative approaches such as universal immunisation of children have also been recommended