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Malaria eradication [PDF]

The Lancet, 2020
Kennedy, J, McCoy, D
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Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of the Community about Polio in High-Risk Areas of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Vaccines, 2022
The study aimed to determine the reasons for polio vaccine hesitancy among parents of persistently missed children (PMCs) in the high-risk areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey of parents of PMCs was conducted in April 2019 in 34 high-risk
Fayaz Hussain Abbasi, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Umar Farooq Bullo, Sandeep Mehraj, Zamir Ali Phul, Sundeep Sahitia, Asif Ali Zardari, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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An experience of mass administration of fractional dose inactivated polio vaccine through intradermal needle-free injectors in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) campaign was conducted in February 2019 in Karachi where needle-free injectors were introduced for the administration of the fractional dose of IPV (fIPV) on a large scale.
Umar Farooq Bullo, Jaishri Mehraj, Syed Musa Raza, Shumaila Rasool, Noreen Naz Ansari, Ahmed Ali Shaikh, Zamir Ali Phul, Sohail Ahmed Memon, Rehan Iqbal Baloch, Zahoor Ahmed Baloch, Shoukat Ali Chandio   +10 more
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Epidemiological and molecular investigations of a point-source outbreak of Dracunculus medinensis infecting humans and dogs in Chad: a cross-sectional study

The Lancet Microbe, 2022
Summary: Background: Dracunculiasis (also known as Guinea worm disease), caused by the Dracunculus medinensis nematode, is progressing towards eradication, with a reduction in cases from 3·5 million cases in the mid-1980s to only 54 human cases at the ...
Sarah Anne J Guagliardo, PhD, Elizabeth Thiele, PhD, Karmen Unterwegner, MPH, Ndoyengar Narcisse Nanguita, MPH, Laurès Dossou, MPH, Philip Tchindebet Ouakou, MD, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, MD, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, PhD, Donald R Hopkins, MD, Sharon L Roy, MD, Vitaliano Cama, DVM, Henry Bishop, BS, Sarah Sapp, PhD, Sarah Yerian, MPH, Adam J Weiss, MPH   +14 more
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Elimination of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection using an inactivated vaccine in combination with a roll-over method in a Hungarian large-scale pig herd

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2022
Background Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes severe economic losses worldwide and only four countries in Europe are free from PRRSV.
Attila Pertich, Zoltán Barna, Orsolya Makai, János Farkas, Tamás Molnár, Ádám Bálint, István Szabó, Mihály Albert   +7 more
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Eradication of PRRS from Hungarian Pig Herds between 2014 and 2022

Animals, 2023
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a widespread infectious disease that is currently a major cause of economic losses in pig production.
István Szabó, Imre Nemes, Lajos Bognár, Zsolt Terjék, Tamás Molnár, Tamás Abonyi, Ádám Bálint, Dávid G. Horváth, Gyula Balka   +8 more
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Spatial model for risk prediction and sub-national prioritization to aid poliovirus eradication in Pakistan

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background Pakistan is one of only three countries where poliovirus circulation remains endemic. For the Pakistan Polio Eradication Program, identifying high risk districts is essential to target interventions and allocate limited resources.
Laina D. Mercer, Rana M. Safdar, Jamal Ahmed, Abdirahman Mahamud, M. Muzaffar Khan, Sue Gerber, Aiden O’Leary, Mike Ryan, Frank Salet, Steve J. Kroiss, Hil Lyons, Alexander Upfill-Brown, Guillaume Chabot-Couture   +12 more
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Community-based survey to assess seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in far-north Cameroon in 2020

Vaccine: X, 2022
Background: This study assessed seroprevalence of poliovirus antibodies in children from selected poliovirus high-risk areas of the Far North region of Cameroon which serves to monitor polio immunization program. Methods: This was a community-based cross-
Marie Claire Endegue, Carolyn Sein, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Visalakshi Jeyaseelan, Tess Palmer, Gnakub Norbert Soke, Aissata Diaha, Basit Jafri, Bernardo A. Mainou, Harish Verma, Ondrej Mach   +10 more
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Comparative Studies On Response To 5-Day Treatment With Primaquine Of Indigenous & Imported Cases Of P.Vivax in Nepal in 1974-76

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
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A V Kondrashin, G M Shakya
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The role of governance in implementing sustainable global health interventions: review of health system integration for integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illnesses

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Improving health outcomes in countries with the greatest burden of under-5 child mortality requires implementing innovative approaches like integrated community case management (iCCM) to improve coverage and access for hard-to-reach populations.
Regina Rabinovich, Koya C Allen, Kate Whitfield, Salim Sadruddin   +3 more
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