Parental acceptance of typhoid conjugate vaccine for children aged 6  months to 15 years in an outbreak setting of Lyari Town Karachi, Pakistan

CONCLUSION: Parental awareness of the ongoing vaccination campaign, positive perception and attitudes towards vaccine were found to be significantly associated with TCV vaccination among children. Appropriately structured pre-vaccination awareness campaigns focused on childhood vaccination targeted towards parents are necessary to improve parental awareness, attitude and behavior towards vaccination.PMID:37463829 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.003

Source: Vaccine - July 18, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rabab Batool Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai Sonia Qureshi Sajid Muhammad Ibtisam Qazi Tahira Sadaf Per Ashorn Farah Naz Qamar Source Type: research