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A systematic review of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out experiences and lessons learned is being undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)...
This Findings Report includes an overview of the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project’s global mapping of private sector interventions supporting COVID-19 efforts,...
India: Proven and promising strategies for enhancing vaccine confidence and uptake and risk communication and community engagement with an emphasis on high-risk and vulnerable groups
Response to an article - Dear Editors,
Felicity Cutts and co-authors [Vaccine 34 (2016) 4103–4109]
provide a good overview of the role of household surveys in monitoring
of immunization...
Timeliness of Receipt of Early Childhood Vaccinations Among Children of Immigrants — Minnesota, 2016
Receiving recommended childhood vaccinations on schedule is the best way to prevent the occurrence and spread of vaccine-preventable diseases (1). Vaccination coverage among children aged 19–35...
VillageReach worked with partners – William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI) and University of Washington (UW) – to adapt and create “light touch” tools that allow users...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract:
BACKGROUND:
Monitoring and assessment of coverage rates in national health programmes is becoming increasingly important. We aimed to assess the...
Afghanistan: Vaccination in humanitarian and emergency settings, including migrants and internally displaced populations. Presented at Implementers Forum
BACKGROUND: Studies show that immunization among migrant children is poor. India has a dropout rate of 17.7% between Bacillus Calmette-Guιrin (BCG) and measles (District Level Household Survey...
Effective functioning of Cold Chain Equipment is an essential prerequisite for Immunization program. Cold Chain Technicians (CCT)are the major force that keeps the equipment running and repair them...
A cold chain expert and a Ministry of Health (MOH) technician used Nexleaf Analytics’ ColdTrace
remote temperature monitoring (RTM) dashboard data to remotely identify every failing fridge...
Vaccination coverage surveys - This document contains a spreadsheet template for a MICS budget
Vaccination coverage survey - Publication abstract: Immunization programs frequently rely on household vaccination cards, parental recall, or both to calculate vaccination coverage. This information...
This report details the danger of freezing vaccine as illustrated by epidemics of whooping cough among children who have received the pertussis vaccine. One factor contributing to the delivery of...
Vaccination coverage survey - Publication abstract:
BACKGROUND:
The Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI) random walk method has been widely used by the World Health Organization and others for...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract:
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Estimation of vaccination coverage at the local level is essential to identify communities that may require additional support....
A short article on data management during the ebola outbreak in 2014-2015, and some new perspectives and lessons learned from working with weak health management information systems during health...
Authors examine this research-to-practice gap and delineate the facilitators and barriers to the effective implementation and use of maternal and child health HBRs especially in low- and...
Bioterrorism is the deliberate release of biological toxins, pathogenic viruses, bacteria, parasites, or other infectious agents into the public sphere with the objective of causing panic, illness,...
Margaret Chan (WHO), T. Evans (World Bank)
Discounting future costs and health benefits usually has a large effect on results of cost-effectiveness evaluations of vaccination because of delays between the initial expenditure in the programme...
Recently Pneumococcal vaccines have generated considerable interest in developing countries as an intervention for protecting children from pneumonia and thereby reducing childhood mortality. Many...
This document provides a summary of MCSP/JSI’s experience in the adaptation of the regional Reaching Every District (RED) guideline to country-specific contexts in order to inform other countries...
Over the past several years, the development of new vaccines, along with global efforts to make them more available and affordable, has resulted in the introduction of lifesaving vaccines in...
To the editor: The paper by Francis and associates (1) in this issue shows the safety and efficacy of inactivated hepatitis B vaccine in a large multi-center trial. A disturbing finding is the lower...
Hexaxim(®) (DTaP-IPV-Hep B-Hib) is a new, thiomersal-free, fully liquid, hexavalent combination pediatric vaccine containing diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis, inactivated...
This article presents the World Health Organization\'s (WHO) recommendations for the use of vaccines against Bordetella pertussis from the WHO position paper on Pertussis vaccines: WHO position...
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The global COVID-19 vaccination response provides many lessons on how to better prepare for and respond to future pandemics that require rapid, large-scale vaccination. This document includes a...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication
abstract: MenAfriVac is a new conjugate vaccine against Neisseria
meningitidis serogroup A developed for the African \"meningitis
belt\". In Niger, the...
A low rate of seroconversion to hepatitis B vaccine is reported. This occurred in healthy hospital employees from two separate institutions. A total of 236 individuals were evaluated in this study...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract: Estimates of immunization coverage in developing countries are typically made on a \"card plus history\" basis, combining information obtained...
This report describes global progress toward meeting World Health Organization (WHO) indicators on minimal country capacity for vaccine safety surveillance and coordina- tion of AEFI reporting...
In countries where hepatitis A is highly endemic, exposure to hepatitis A virus (HAV) is almost universal before the age of 10years, and large-scale immunization efforts are not required. In...
Although India is a leading producer and exporter of vaccines,
the country is home to one-third of the world’s unimmunized children.
Fewer than 44 percent of India’s young children receive the...
Vaccination coverage survey: Publication abstract: A Monte Carlo simulation study was designed to evaluate the sample survey technique currently used by the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)...
To propose and test a model for analyzing municipalities’ level of risk of reintroduction and transmission of the measles virus in the post-elimination period in the Americas. Methods. An...
This project Optimize document summarizes a laboratory report on performance testing of four models of domestic refrigerators that are available on the Tunisian market. Project Optimize contracted...
The global COVID-19 vaccination response provides many lessons on how to better prepare for and respond to future pandemics that require rapid, large-scale vaccination. This document includes a...
Effective immunization supply chain (iSC) is crucial for safe and timely transport of potent vaccines to the beneficiary.
India’s iSC, with a network of ~29,000 cold chain points (CCP), measures...
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vaccination numbers for immunization geared toward individuals under 12 months of age in Brazil. This study analyzed the...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract:
Background.
Lack of methodological rigor can cause survey error, leading to biased results and suboptimal public health response. This study...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract: Public health programs rely on household-survey estimates of vaccination coverage as a basis of programmatic and policy decisions; however, the...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract:
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This study characterizes the healthcare visits at which children receive vaccinations, including the number of these visits and the...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication
abstract: BACKGROUND: Measuring vaccination coverage permits
evaluation and appropriate targeting of vaccination services. The
cluster survey methodology...
Fiji: Use of social listening to improve vaccine messaging and increase vaccine demand