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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected national healthcare systems worldwide, with around 282 million cumulative confirmed cases reported in over 220 countries and territories as of the end of 2021. The Italian National Health System was heavily...

The COVID-19 global pandemic is having a widespread impact on medical care. A general reduction, in routine vaccination activities, could occur. In Tuscany (Central Italy), paediatricians (in agreement with the regional health service) administer...

Background: COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for disrupting routine immunization activities all over the world. Aim of the study was to investigate the reduced adherence to the national children vaccination schedule during the lockdown period...

BACKGROUND: The introduction of universal pertussis immunization and the high coverage achieved in most developed countries have largely changed the epidemiology of the disease. Although vaccination rates are high in the first year of life, the...

In 2003 Italy adopted the National Plan for Measles and Congenital Rubella Elimination, but some outbreaks of measles are still occurring, as the target coverage rate (≥95%) for new-borns has currently not been achieved. In order to support the...

Given the growing use and great potential of mobile apps, this project aimed to develop and implement a user-friendly app to increase laypeople\'s knowledge and awareness of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). Despite the heavy burden of IPD, the...

Adherence to vaccination campaigns can be negatively influenced by Web presence of unreliable information. Aim of study is qualitative and quantitative evaluation of Italian WebPages contents about vaccinations to address prevention strategies in...

In Italy, the incidence of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) was around 0.28 per 100,000 over the last years. Since the risk IMD is usually high among infants aged less than 1 year, the researchers decided to evaluate the trend of IMD cases...

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Role of BCG in "COVID-19" control

July 12th 2020

Dear all  Greetings from KVG team and wish to share the following with the viewers for needful. Write-up As per World Health Organization (WHO) there is "no evidence" t

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    New WHA resolution on access to Medicines and Vaccines

    May 29th 2019

    Dear All, So pleased to share the great news that yesterday, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other health

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    Progress in NITAGs in WHO EURO region

    June 24th 2016

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    Malaria Vaccine developments

    December 02nd 2011

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  • Disease: Malaria
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    Polio Monthly Situation Report (February 2011)

    March 09th 2011

    Dear Colleagues, Please visit www.polioeradication.org for regular updates on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Note that all data in this report refers to 01 March 2011. The French vers

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    Post00339 : VACCINE FREEZING: WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD?

    May 04th 2001

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  • Disease: Hepatitis B HIB
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    POST 01299E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS

    August 05th 2008

    POST 01299E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS 5 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Apologies for the delay in posting this query and the response --------

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    POST 00417E : NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR FOR MASS IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN

    January 22nd 2002

    POST 00417E : NEEDLE-FREE INJECTOR FOR MASS IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN Follow-up on Posts 00405E, 00408E and 00411E 22 January 2002 __________________________________________________________________

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  • Disease: Measles Polio
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    POST 00445E : IMPACT OF VACCINE VIAL MONITORS (VVM) ON THE USE and DELIVERY OF MEASLES VACCINE

    April 12th 2002

    POST 00445E : IMPACT OF VACCINE VIAL MONITORS (VVM) ON THE USE and DELIVERY OF MEASLES VACCINE Follow-up on Posts 00433E, 00441E and 00444E 12 April 2002 ______________________________________

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