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Epidemiology and genetic characterization of orphan polioviruses in Africa, 2022–2024: Unmasking silent transmission and implications for eradication

Vaccine: X
Background: The continued detection of orphan polioviruses, defined by ≥ 1.5 % nucleotide divergence in the VP1-coding region of the virus compared with the VP1 of previous circulating isolates, presents a significant challenge to polio eradication ...
Brook Tesfaye, Julius E. Chia, Terna Nomhwange, D. Collins Owuor, Ticha Johnson Muluh, Safdar Nosheen, Arthur Yannick Doungmo Wakem, Abdullateef Jimoh, Akif Saatcioglu, Kebba Touray, Abdulahi Walla Hamisu, Modjirom Ndoutabe, Jamal A. Ahmed, Anfumbom Kfutwah   +13 more
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Achieving the end game: employing “vaccine diplomacy” to eradicate polio in Pakistan

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background On April 28, 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared polio a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHIC) under the authority of the International Health Regulations. Although polio has been eradicated from nearly every
Shahella Idrees Shakeel, Matthew Brown, Shakeel Sethi, Tim K. Mackey   +3 more
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A Global Perspective of Childhood Vaccinations: Past, Present, and Future—From Smallpox to mRNA

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Childhood immunisation is one of the most successful public health interventions in history, preventing millions of deaths and substantially reducing global child mortality. This mini‐review summarises the historical development of childhood vaccines, the role of global coordination in expanding immunisation coverage, and the innovations that ...
Tobias Alfvén, Tania Reza, Alieu Sowe
wiley   +1 more source

Visualization of the Evolution and Transmission of Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus (cVDPV) Outbreaks in the African Region

Bio-Protocol
Since the creation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988, significant progress has been made toward attaining a poliovirus-free world. This has resulted in the eradication of wild poliovirus (WPV) serotypes two (WPV2) and three (WPV3)
D. Owuor, Brook Tesfaye, Arthur Wakem, Sakma Kabore, Caroline Ikeonu, Mariette Doussoh, Priscilla Sigala, Idris Ibrahim, Abdullateef Jimoh, Idah Ndumba, Jermaine Khumalo, David Oviaesu, Cheroigin Kipchirchir, Carolyne Gathenji, John Kipterer, Kebba Touray, Hamisu Abdullahi, Kathleen Rankin, Ousmane Diop, Julius Chia, Ndoutabe Modjirom, Jamal Ahmed, Anfumbom Kfutwah   +22 more
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Measles and Rubella Elimination Trends in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2023–2024: Progress and Recent Epidemiological Shifts

Vaccines
Background: Measles and rubella remain key indicators of immunization system performance and are central to the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030). Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have widened immunity gaps and accelerated resurgence of ...
Muhammad Farid, Mohammad Nadir Sahak, Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko, Amany Ghoniem, Sharifuzamman, Eman Elmahdy, Quamrul Hasan, Mohammed Osama Mere, Palwasha Anwari   +8 more
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Synthesis and translation of research and innovations from polio eradication (STRIPE): initial findings from a global mixed methods study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Lessons from polio eradication efforts and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) are useful for improving health service delivery and outcomes globally. The Synthesis and Translation of Research and Innovations from Polio Eradication (
Olakunle Alonge, Abigail H. Neel, Anna Kalbarczyk, Michael A. Peters, Yodi Mahendradhata, Malabika Sarker, Eme Owoaje, Wakgari Deressa, Patrick Kayembe, Ahmad Shah Salehi, S. D. Gupta   +10 more
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Brokers, Collaborators and Knowledge Translators: Expanding the Role of Research Assistants in Geographic Research

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork‐based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings together scholarship in feminist geography and critical development studies to reposition RAs as brokers, collaborators, and knowledge translators.
Zali Fung
wiley   +1 more source

Immunogenicity of two-dose and three-dose vaccination schedules with Sabin inactivated poliovirus vaccine in China: An open-label, randomized, controlled trial

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2021
Background: We assessed immunogenicity of three-dose and two-dose immunization schedules with a Sabin-strain inactivated poliovirus vaccine (sIPV) produced by one Chinese vaccine manufacturer. Methods: This was an open label, randomized, controlled trial
Yamin Wang, Qing Xu, Vishali Jeyaseelan, Zhifang Ying, Ondrej Mach, Roland Sutter, Ning Wen, Lance Rodewald, Changgui Li, Jie Wang, Hui Yuan, Zundong Yin, Zijian Feng, Aiqiang Xu, Zhijie An   +14 more
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From Control to Elimination: Making the End of Dental Caries Thinkable

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases worldwide despite decades of clinical and behavioural interventions. Persistently high prevalence suggests that current approaches are better organised for ongoing disease management than for preventing new disease occurrence.
Habib Benzian, Manu Raj Mathur, Eugenio Beltrán‐Aguilar   +2 more
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Effective partnership and in-country resource mobilization in Sudan for cVDPV2 outbreak response amid multiple emergencies in 2020–2021

BMC Public Health
Background During 2020 and immediately prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sudan was experiencing multiple emergencies including violence, seasonal flooding, and vector-borne disease outbreaks. After more than ten years since its last case of wild poliovirus,
Mohammed Taufiq Mashal, Dalya Eltayeb, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Ismael Suleiman El Sheikh, Ni’ma Saeed Abid, Hemant Shukla, Leonard Machado, Hamid Jafari   +7 more
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