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Vaccine programme stakeholder perspectives on a hypothetical single-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine schedule in low and middle-income countries

Papillomavirus Research, 2018
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 2-dose HPV vaccine schedule for girls aged 9–14 years. As randomised controlled trials assessing the immunogenicity and efficacy of a 1-dose schedule are ongoing, we interviewed immunisation ...
Katherine E. Gallagher, Helen Kelly, Naomi Cocks, Sandra Dixon, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Natasha Howard, Deborah Watson-Jones   +6 more
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Immunisation services in North‑Eastern Nigeria: Perspectives of critical stakeholders to improve uptake and service delivery

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
We investigated the perspectives of parents, health workers (HWs) and traditional medical practitioners (TMPs) on immunisation advocacy, knowledge, attitudes and immuni‑ sation practice and ways of improving immunisation uptake in Borno State, North ...
Semeeh A. Omoleke, Babatunji A. Omotara, Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Omeiza Beida, Samuel O. Etatuvie   +4 more
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Evaluation of strain coverage of the multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) administered in infants according to different immunisation schedules

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
The 4-component vaccine 4CMenB, developed against invasive disease caused by meningococcal serogroup B, is approved for use in infants in several countries worldwide.
Alessia Biolchi, Sara Tomei, Laura Santini, Jo Anne Welsch, Daniela Toneatto, Nikolaos Gaitatzis, Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Marzia Monica Giuliani, Elena Mori, Mariagrazia Pizza   +10 more
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Catch-up immunisation for children in earthquake-affected areas of West Pasaman, Indonesia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Children are a particularly vulnerable population when exposed to natural disasters and experience increased problems related to physical health, mental health and post-disaster learning.
Syawqi Rahmat, Fitry Yani Finny, Asrawati, Mariko Rinang   +3 more
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Getting it right—the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and immunisation rates in south‐eastern Sydney

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2004
Objectives: To assess the completeness of ACIR data for south‐eastern Sydney children at 12 to
Susan J. Botham, Roslyn G. Poulos, Karen J. McFarland, Mark J. Ferson   +3 more
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Children overdue for immunisation: a question of coverage or reporting? An audit of the Australian Immunisation Register

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2019
Objective: Vaccinations in Australia are reportable to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). Following major immunisation policy initiatives, the New South Wales (NSW) Public Health Network undertook an audit to estimate true immunisation coverage ...
Charlee Law, Rhydwyn McGuire, Mark J. Ferson, Su Reid, Colleen Gately, Jody Stephenson, Sue Campbell‐Lloyd, Salwa Gabriel, Tambri Housen, Vicky Sheppeard, Paul Corben, David N. Durrheim, on behalf of the NSW Public Health Network AIR Study Group   +12 more
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Association between delayed pentavalent vaccination and immunisation drop-out in rural western Kenya: findings from a cross-sectional survey

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: The identification of determinants of vaccination coverage and delays is important because these predictors identify subsets of the population that can be targeted with public health interventions.
D Gibson, PhD, E Kagucia, MSPH, B Omondi, MS, K O'Brien, MD, D Feikin, MD   +4 more
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Determinants of immunisation in children with sickle cell disease in Libreville

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Infectious diseases are frequent and sometimes deadly in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. Some of these infectious diseases could be avoided through immunisation, but an immunisation schedule for children with SCD is not available in Gabon.
Edgard B. Ngoungou, Ulrick J. Bisvigou, Jean Engohang-Ndong, Valessa Anguezomo, Maghendji N. Sydney, Euloge Ibinga   +5 more
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Decline of pertussis in hospitalised children following the introduction of immunisation in pregnancy – results from a nationwide, prospective surveillance study, 2013–2020

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2021
Summary AIMS OF THE STUDY: Surveillance of pertussis at a national level is important to collect information on the epidemiology of the disease and to design optimal immunisation strategies.
Jana Zumstein, Ulrich Heininger
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Care and COVID 19: Lessons for liberals and neoliberals

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Within the liberal political traditions, care is regarded as a private matter, a problem of ethics rather than justice. Social justice is framed as an issue of economics (re/distribution), culture (recognition) and/or politics (representation).
Kathleen Lynch
wiley   +1 more source