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Using Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio Vaccination Drives in Pakistan

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016
We use estimates of time preferences to customize incentives for polio vaccinators in Lahore, Pakistan. We measure time preferences using intertemporal allocations of effort, and use these estimates to construct individually-tailored incentives.
J. Andreoni, M. Callen, K. Jaffar, Muhammad Yasir Khan, Charles D. Sprenger   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Zoonotic anxieties: The cultural politics of Nepal's quest for pandemic preparedness

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on fieldwork conducted in Nepal (2022–2024) and by paying attention to how local and transnational notions of epidemiological risk are deployed, this ethnography introduces the concept of “zoonotic anxieties” to make sense of the multi‐species relational ethos that contemporary global health regimes propose.
Max D. López Toledano, Hari Basnet, Anna Durrance‐Bagale, Natasha Howard   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Pediatric Vaccines and Catholic Social Teaching [PDF]

, 2018
Determining whether, and when, to get one\u27s children vaccinated has become an increasingly controversial decision, often leaving parents fearful of making the “wrong” choice.
Bilgrien, Byron, Cahill, Coleman, Eiser, Grady, Heyer, Johnson, Kant, Kelly, Largent, Massaro, Offit, Offit, Offit, Oshinsky, Plotkin, Rubio, Skloot, Sobrino, Tucker   +20 more
core   +2 more sources

Vaccination Coverage and Factors Associated With Incomplete Vaccination Schedules in Children Under 5 in a Peripheral Area of the Federal District of Brazil

Public Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To estimate vaccination coverage (VC) and analyze the factors associated with the incomplete vaccination schedule (IVS) in children under 5 years of age in two Basic Health Units in the Federal District of Brazil. Design A cross‐sectional study.
Ivea Rayane Mendes Nicacio Viana, Henry Maia Peixoto   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Household Perception about Polio Immunization, Prior and After the Direct Supervision of District Administration in Karachi

Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2019
Objective: To compare the change in the household  perception  about  supplementary  polio  immuniza- tion to eradicate polio, prior and after taking special interest of the district administration Karachi from 2012 to 2016.
Syed Saif-ur-Rehman, M. Abu Zar Wajidi
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced mucosal immunity to poliovirus after cessation of trivalent oral polio vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The switch from using only trivalent oral polio vaccine (tOPV) to sequential schedules combining inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) and bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) for polio vaccination will cause changes to mucosal immunity against polio in ...
Ting Zhao, Jing Li, Hongyuan Shi, Hui Ye, Rufei Ma, Yuting Fu, Xiaochang Liu, Guoliang Li, Xiaolei Yang, Zhimei Zhao, Jingsi Yang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Intrauterine Exposure of the Foetus to Immunosuppressive Drugs Used by the Mother—The Organ Recipient—Affect the Development of Post-Vaccination Immunity against Selected Viral Diseases in Children of These Mothers in Postnatal Life?

Vaccines, 2023
Background: Pregnancy in women who are organ recipients has long been a controversial issue due to the lack of data on the safety of immunosuppressive drugs for the developing foetus.
Tomasz Ginda, Karol Taradaj, Anna Stelmaszczyk-Emmel, Olga Tronina, Patrycja Kociołek, Oliver Jendro, Bożena Kociszewska-Najman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of polio vaccines (oral polio vaccine - OPV or inactivated polio vaccine - IPV) on rotavirus vaccine-associated intussusception

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Although safe, rotavirus vaccines have been associated with increased intussusception risk. In Brazil, after the oral human rotavirus vaccine (OHRV) introduction in the childhood immunization, in 2006, increased intussusception risk was identified after the second OHRV dose, whereas in other countries, higher risk was associated to the first vaccine ...
Camila Cristina Martini Rodrigues, Eder Gatti Fernandes, Paulo Piva dos Santos, Renato Yoshio Eguti, Antonio Carlos Pedroso-de-Lima, Gisela Tunes da Silva, Ana Marli Christovam Sartori   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Brazil's Public Administration and the Challenge of New Democracies: Promoting Social Inclusion

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil's public administration (PA) has sought to strengthen democratic governance through an emphasis on social inclusion. Since democratization in 1988, reforms have aimed to address entrenched inequalities along with decentralization and professionalism spurring innovations in social inclusion.
Evan M. Berman, Eduardo Grin, Gabriela Lotta, Fernando L. Abrucio, Lauro Gonzalez, Maira Gabriela Santos de Souza, Yasmim Marques de Melo, Jaedson Gomes dos Santos   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Differences in Response to Viral Vector Vaccines—Implications for Future Vaccine Design

Immunological Reviews, Volume 338, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Vaccination represents one of the most impactful public health achievements, preventing 3.5 to 5 million deaths annually according to estimates of the World Health Organization. Yet, recent outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases highlight the need for rapid and strategic vaccine development using vaccine platforms ...
Ilka Grewe, Tamara Zoran, Marylyn Martina Addo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source