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Pharmacy‐Based Immunization Delivery: A Comprehensive History and Current Challenges
ABSTRACT Pharmacists and their teams have a long history of involvement with vaccines. This paper describes the contributions of pharmacy‐based immunization delivery in the United States from the 1800's to date. Early activities centered around storage and distribution of antitoxins and vaccines. From the 1950s through the early 1990s, pharmacists were
Jean‐Venable R. Goode +4 more
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Polio Today: State of the Global Eradication Program and Modern Strategy of WHO on Immunization
The review presents data on the current stature of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of the WHO. The success of its implementation mainly depends on the solutions of the problems associated with continuing use of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine ...
O. E. Ivanova
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Background In 1988, the 41st World Health Assembly (WHA) marked the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) for the eradication of polio.
Brook Tesfaye +5 more
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When Public Health Becomes the Weapon: Current and Prospective Consequences of the Genocide in Gaza
ABSTRACT Catastrophic humanitarian conditions during the 2023–2025 genocide in Gaza have caused a public health crisis of exceptional magnitude. This article summarizes key short‐ and long‐term health consequences for Gaza's civilian population and outlines priorities for recovery.
Therese Alexandra Evald +19 more
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ABSTRACT Background Immunization remains a vital public health intervention in Nepal, yet significant disparities persist. This study evaluates the performance of Nepal's national immunization program by analyzing district‐level vaccination coverage and dropout rates from 2009 to 2022 to identify trends and disparities across different routine ...
Kritika Rana +6 more
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative; strategic plan, 2004-2008 [PDF]
By end-2003, poliomyelitis had been eliminated from all but 6 countries in the world as a result of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest international public health effort to date. Nearly 5 million children are walking who would otherwise
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Background: Acute poliomyelitis (APM/polio) is a viral infection caused by the polio virus that continues to have a fascinating social and economic impact on countries throughout the world.
Kameel Mungrue, Vijay Kumar Chattu
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Global polio eradication : reaching every last child [PDF]
Polio is a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease. The virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person\u2019s spinal cord, causing life-long paralysis or in rare instances, death.
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Seroprevalence of polio antibodies in adult laboratory staff in South Africa, 2009 to 2013
The global eradication of polio has been a World Health Organization goal since May 1988 with the current target for global eradication set at 2018.
Shelina Moonsamy, Melinda Suchard
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