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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative—polio eradication cannot be the only goal [PDF]
The Lancet Global Health, 2021 No abstract available.
Groce, Nora Ellen +2 more
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Heliyon, 2017 Background: Administration of intradermal fractional dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (fIPV) has proven to be safe and immunogenic; however, its intradermal application using needle and syringe is technically difficult and requires trained ...
Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai +5 more
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Gates Open Research, 2022 Background: Investments made by countries and donors to support polio eradication and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) over the past 35 years provided financial support for significant health interventions beyond the prevention of polio ...
Kimberly M. Thompson +2 more
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Optimal Disease Eradication [PDF]
, 2004 Using a dynamic model of the control of an infectious disease, we derive the conditions under which eradication will be optimal. When eradication is feasible, the optimal program requires either a low vaccination rate or eradication.
Barrett, Scott, Hoel, Michael
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]
, 2015 Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna +8 more
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From regional pulse vaccination to global disease eradication: insights from a mathematical model of Poliomyelitis [PDF]
, 2014 Mass-vaccination campaigns are an important strategy in the global fight against poliomyelitis and measles. The large-scale logistics required for these mass immunisation campaigns magnifies the need for research into the effectiveness and optimal ...
AJ Terry +36 more
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The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges [PDF]
, 2019 Each year millions of pilgrims perform the annual Hajj from more than 180 countries around the world. This is one of the largest mass gathering events and may result in the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.
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Immunization strategies targeting newly arrived migrants in Non-EU countries of the mediterranean basin and black sea [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The World Health Organization recommends that host countries ensure appropriate vaccinations to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. However, information on vaccination strategies targeting migrants in host countries is limited. Methods: In
Declich, Silvia +7 more
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The human qualities needed to complete the global eradication of polio
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013 Although the 99% decrease seen in global polio incidence between 1988 and 2000 represented remarkable progress towards polio eradication, tackling the last 1% of polio has proved tantalizingly difficult.
Dermot Maher
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WHO Polio Eradication Program: Problems and Solutions
Педиатрическая фармакология, 2016 In 2013 WHO re-evaluated its main goals of the polio eradication program. A modernization program was accepted with regard to the National vaccination calendars worldwide which includes a step-by-step refusal from the living polio vaccine (OPV) and a ...
S. M. Kharit +3 more
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