The Drivers of Low Vaccination Utilization in Niger
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13:tpmd230708. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0708. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVaccination adherence involves the expected benefit of a vaccine and the perceived risk of the disease. To develop an evidence-based communication strategy aimed at improving vaccination coverage in Niger, we conducted a mixed socio-anthropological study of the perceptions among the population on the benefit and the risk of the childhood (Expanded Program on Immunization) and the COVID-19 vaccines. Our results show that negative rumors are not a significant driver of vaccine refusal. The insufficient level of fully vaccinat...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - February 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Bernard Seytre Sanoussi Chaibou Bernard Simon Source Type: research
The Drivers of Low Vaccination Utilization in Niger
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13:tpmd230708. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0708. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVaccination adherence involves the expected benefit of a vaccine and the perceived risk of the disease. To develop an evidence-based communication strategy aimed at improving vaccination coverage in Niger, we conducted a mixed socio-anthropological study of the perceptions among the population on the benefit and the risk of the childhood (Expanded Program on Immunization) and the COVID-19 vaccines. Our results show that negative rumors are not a significant driver of vaccine refusal. The insufficient level of fully vaccinat...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - February 13, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Bernard Seytre Sanoussi Chaibou Bernard Simon Source Type: research
The Drivers of Low Vaccination Utilization in Niger
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13:tpmd230708. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0708. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVaccination adherence involves the expected benefit of a vaccine and the perceived risk of the disease. To develop an evidence-based communication strategy aimed at improving vaccination coverage in Niger, we conducted a mixed socio-anthropological study of the perceptions among the population on the benefit and the risk of the childhood (Expanded Program on Immunization) and the COVID-19 vaccines. Our results show that negative rumors are not a significant driver of vaccine refusal. The insufficient level of fully vaccinat...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - February 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Bernard Seytre Sanoussi Chaibou Bernard Simon Source Type: research
Azithromycin for Prevention of Mortality in African Children
Mass administration of oral azithromycin is central to the World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to eliminate trachoma. Mass administration of azithromycin could have beneficial effects in young children due to its activity against pathogens causing pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria, but could also have harmful effects, including generation of antimicrobial resistance. In 2009, a cluster randomized clinical trial showed that mass administration of oral azithromycin was associated with a 49% reduction in mortality in Ethiopian children aged 1 to 9 years. The subsequent Macrolides Oraux pour R éduire les Décès avec un O...
Source: JAMA - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Profile of health facilities and determinants of the family planning services supply to unmarried adolescents in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger
CONCLUSION: By identifying facility profiles and determinants of FP services supply, this study provides a pathway for action to ensure that adolescents have access to these services regardless of their marital status in West Africa.FUNDING: This work was carried out with the support of the COMCAHPSS project funded by IDRC and the Adolescent Health in West Africa (Adowa) project funded by MRC.PMID:38322740 | PMC:PMC10630035 | DOI:10.4314/gmj.v56i3s.13 (Source: Ghana Medical Journal)
Source: Ghana Medical Journal - February 7, 2024 Category: African Health Authors: Nassirou Ibrahim Roxane Borg ès Da Silva Source Type: research
