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CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEILLANCE TO ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS SURVEILLANCE IN INSECURITY CONTEXT, BATHA AND HADJER-LAMIS PROVINCES – CHAD, 2012 – 2022

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: Disease outbreaks, in insecurity settings grow rapidly due to weakened public health systems. In such areas, Community-Based Surveillance (CBS) can contribute to strengthen Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance.
A.M.-E. Tchalla Abalo, K. Mugenyi, J. Magoola, S. Abdoulaye Seid, C.A. Zabré, M. Bechir, M. Abderamane, J.P. Six Moke, E.N. Nkem, H. Samba, C.D. Apollo, A.F. Asanji, A.H. Aboubacar, A. Magazani, N. Ayebazibwe, D. Kazambu   +15 more
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Epidemiologic Methods in Immunization Programs [PDF]

Epidemiologic Reviews, 1996
its safety and efficacy in phased clinical trials. Postlicensure, continued close monitoring of the vaccine's safety and effectiveness is needed, especially early on. But equally important to a vaccine's ultimate success is the close monitoring of the immunization program itself. Surveillance for vaccine coverage, disease incidence, and adequacy of the
R T, Chen, W A, Orenstein
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Longitudinal profiling of the vaccination coverage in Brazil reveals a recent change in the patterns hallmarked by differential reduction across regions

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: Vaccination coverage is decreasing worldwide, favoring the potential reemergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. In this study, we performed a longitudinal characterization of vaccination coverage in Brazil and compared the profiles between ...
Náthaly Césare, Tiago F. Mota, Fernanda F.L. Lopes, Ana Claudia M. Lima, Ricardo Luzardo, Luiz Fernando Quintanilha, Bruno B. Andrade, Artur T.L. Queiroz, Kiyoshi F. Fukutani   +8 more
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Global varicella vaccination programs [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2022
Varicella (chickenpox) is an infectious disease caused by the highly contagious varicella zoster virus with a secondary attack rate greater than 90%.
Young Hwa Lee, Young June Choe, Jia Lee, Eunseong Kim, Jae Young Lee, Kwan Hong, Yoonsun Yoon, Yun-Kyung Kim   +7 more
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Perceptions of measles, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines among caregivers in Shanghai, China, and the health belief model: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2017
Background In China, the measles vaccine is offered for free whereas the pneumococcal vaccine is a for-fee vaccine. This difference has the potential to influence how caregivers evaluate whether a vaccine is important or necessary for their child, but it
Abram L. Wagner, Matthew L. Boulton, Xiaodong Sun, Bhramar Mukherjee, Zhuoying Huang, Irene A. Harmsen, Jia Ren, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher   +7 more
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A Community Hospital Immunization Program [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1967
W ITH THE ADVENT of modern vaccines, diseases such as smallpox, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria are now essentially preventable. Although a confirmed indigenous case of smallpox has not been reported in the United States since 1949 according to the Surveillance Section of the Public Health Service's Communicable Disease Center, cases of diphtheria and ...
C J, Sells, E D, Lyman, C D, Kirby
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COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEILLANCE (CBS) OF ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS CASES, IN SECURITY CHALLENGED SETTINGS IN FAR NORTH REGION OF CAMEROON

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Intro: As a nouveau approach for active surveillance of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) in Cameroon, community-based surveillance (CBS) of AFP has been implemented in security challenged settings in Far North Region of Cameroon since 2015.
N. Nkem, A.M.-E. Tchalla Abalo, K. Mugenyi, J. Magoola, A. Asanji, D. Ekosso, C. Ngouateu, J.P. Six Moke, C.D. Apollo, H. Samba, A.H. Aboubacar, S. Abdoulaye Seid, C.A. Zabré, N. Ayebazibwe, D. Kazambu   +14 more
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Partnering with healthcare systems to improve HPV vaccination:The perspective of immunization program managers

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The US’s 64 CDC-funded immunization programs are at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of adolescent vaccination services. We sought to understand immunization program managers’ perspectives on partnering with healthcare systems to improve ...
Brigid K. Grabert, Jennifer Heisler-MacKinnon, Rachel Kurtzman, Adam Bjork, Katelyn Wells, Noel T. Brewer, Melissa B. Gilkey   +6 more
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COVID-19 vaccine evidence monitoring assisted by artificial Intelligence: An emergency system implemented by the Public Health Agency of Canada to capture and describe the trajectory of evolving pandemic vaccine literature

Vaccine: X
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rapid accumulation of novel vaccine research evidence. As a means to monitor this evidence, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) created the Evidence eXtraction Team for Research Analysis (EXTRA ...
Su Hyun Lim, Mona Hersi, Ramya Krishnan, Joshua Montroy, Bonnie Rook, Kelly Farrah, Yung-En Chung, Adrienne Stevens, Joseline Zafack, Eva Wong, Nicole Forbes, April Killikelly, Kelsey Young, Matthew Tunis   +13 more
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Factors Associated with Seasonal Influenza Non-Vaccination Among Children with Chronic Health Conditions in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Seasonal influenza vaccination is pivotal for protecting high-risk populations, including those with chronic health conditions (CHCs), from severe complications and outcomes.
Arlanna Pugh, Sailly Dave, Marwa Ebrahim, Julie A. Laroche   +3 more
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