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Knowledge Summary 25: Integrating immunization and other services for women and children [PDF]

, 2013
The Expanded Programme on Immunizations (EPI) has dramatically decreased childhood morbidity and mortality since its introduction in 1974, and now reaches over 85% of the world’s children.
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Theiss-Nyland, K, Avan, BI   +2 more
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Evaluation of Container Clinics as an Urban Immunization Strategy: Findings from the First Year of Implementation in Ghana, 2017–2018

Vaccines, 2023
Background: In 2017, the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Ghana opened two container clinics in Accra, which were cargo containers outfitted to deliver immunizations.
Anna Shaum, Melissa T. Wardle, Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Raymond Aborigo, Joseph Opare, Aaron S. Wallace, Delia Bandoh, Pamela Quaye, Fred Osei-Sarpong, Francis Abotsi, George Bonsu, Laura Conklin   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination strategies for measles control and elimination: time to strengthen local initiatives

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background Through a combination of strong routine immunization (RI), strategic supplemental immunization activities (SIA) and robust surveillance, numerous countries have been able to approach or achieve measles elimination.
F. T. Cutts, M. J. Ferrari, L. K. Krause, A. J. Tatem, J. F. Mosser   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A bibliometric analysis of childhood immunization research productivity in Africa since the onset of the Expanded Program on Immunization in 1974 [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The implementation of strategic immunization plans whose development is informed by available locally-relevant research evidence should improve immunization coverage and prevent disease, disability and death in Africa.
Wiysonge, Charles S., Hussey, Gregory D., Charles S Wiysonge, Olalekan A Uthman, Uthman, Olalekan A., Peter M Ndumbe, Ndumbe, Peter M., Gregory D Hussey   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Routine immunization community surveys as a tool for guiding program implementation in Kaduna state, Nigeria 2015–2016

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Routine childhood immunization remains an important strategy for achieving polio eradication and maintaining a polio-free world. To address gaps in reported administrative coverage data, community surveys were conducted to verify coverage, and
Terna I. Nomhwange, Faisal Shuaib, Fiona Braka, Sambo Godwin, Usman Kariko, Umeh Gregory, Sisay G. Tegegne, Bassey Okposen, Chima Onoka   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recovering from the Unprecedented Backsliding in Immunization Coverage: Learnings from Country Programming in Five Countries through the Past Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic Disruptions

Vaccines, 2023
Between 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic severely strained health systems across countries, leaving millions without access to essential healthcare services.
Anithasree Athiyaman, Tosin Ajayi, Faith Mutuku, Fredrick Luwaga, Sarah Bryer, Omotayo Giwa, Shadrack Mngemane, Nnang Nadege Edwige, Leslie Berman   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on routine vaccination in Pakistan: a hospital-based study

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
The effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on routine vaccination in low- and middle-income countries are scarce. The current pandemic has disrupted routine immunization globally.
Saeed Ur Rahman, Faiz Ul Haq, Muhammad Imran, Asaf Shah, Naeema Bibi, Robina Khurshid, Muhammad Romman, Fatema Gaffar, Muhammad Iqbal Khan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Routine Childhood Immunization Program Process at Primary Health Care Centers in Salah Al-Dean Governorate

Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: The evaluation of routine childhood immunization program for under five years are important for global health. Objectives: The study aims at evaluating the Routine Childhood Immunization Program Process at Primary Health Care Centers in ...
Majid Hassoon, Mohammed Khalifa
doaj   +1 more source

Use of a catch-up programme to improve routine immunization in 13 provinces of Papua New Guinea, 2020–2022

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2023
Objective: Routine immunization coverage in Papua New Guinea has decreased in the past 5 years. This persistently low routine immunization coverage has resulted in low population immunity and frequent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease across the ...
Dessie Ayalew Mekonnen, Mathias Bauri, Martha Pogo, Mei Shang, Deborah Bettels, Shaikh Humayun Kabir, Waramin Edward, Bieb Sibauk, Milena Dalton, Geoff Miller, Ananda Amarasinghe, Yoshihiro Takashima, Dapeng Luo, Sevil Huseynova   +13 more
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Balancing Routine and Pandemic: The Synergy of India’s Universal Immunization Program and COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Vaccines, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic posed substantial challenges to healthcare systems globally and severely disrupted essential health services, including routine immunization programs.
Pawan Kumar, Ashish Birendra Chakraborty, Suhas Dhandore, Pritu Dhalaria, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Disha Agarwal, Kapil Singh, Pretty Priyadarshini, Paras Jain, Vidushi Bahl, Gunjan Taneja   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source