The ghost of polio haunts us once again. The appeal of the scientific community is clear: "Vaccinate your kids today!"
CONCLUSION: The appeal to vaccinate children against polio is crucial, as prevention through vaccination is the only defense against the disease. We think that an efficient vaccination campaign can positively influence the process of eliminating the virus. At the same time, however, it demonstrates that simply lowering one's guard can quickly lead to a resurgence of polio cases. Hence, until polio is eradicated, we can be sure that contagion by the wild virus and the risk of vaccine-derived poliovirus will remain possible.PMID:37495489 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.029 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - July 26, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mariano Martini Davide Orsini Source Type: research
The ghost of polio haunts us once again. The appeal of the scientific community is clear: "Vaccinate your kids today!"
CONCLUSION: The appeal to vaccinate children against polio is crucial, as prevention through vaccination is the only defense against the disease. We think that an efficient vaccination campaign can positively influence the process of eliminating the virus. At the same time, however, it demonstrates that simply lowering one's guard can quickly lead to a resurgence of polio cases. Hence, until polio is eradicated, we can be sure that contagion by the wild virus and the risk of vaccine-derived poliovirus will remain possible.PMID:37495489 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.029 (Source: Vaccine)
Source: Vaccine - July 26, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mariano Martini Davide Orsini Source Type: research
Polio vaccination activities in conflict-affected areas
Volume 19, Issue 2, August 2023 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - July 25, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Chukwuma Mbaeyi Source Type: research
Response to Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses Detected through Environmental Surveillance, Guatemala, 2019
Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1524-1530. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230236.ABSTRACTGuatemala implemented wastewater-based poliovirus surveillance in 2018, and three genetically unrelated vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) were detected in 2019. The Ministry of Health (MoH) response included event investigation through institutional and community retrospective case searches for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during 2018-2020 and a bivalent oral polio/measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination campaign in September 2019. This response was reviewed by an international expert team in July 2021. During the campaign, 93% of children ...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - July 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rodrigo Rodr íguez Elisa Ju árez Concepci ón F Estívariz Coralia Cajas Gloria Rey-Benito Mar ía Olga Bautista Amézquita Stacey Jeffries Miles Oscar Orantes Mar ía Cecilia Freire Ana-Elena Ch évez Leticia Castillo Signor Leanna Sayyad Claudia Jarqu Source Type: research
Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change
Analysis of the United Arab Emirates' contribution to the sustainable development goals with a focus on global health and climate change Mohammed Alkhaldi, Immanuel Azaad Moonesar, Sahar T. Issa, Wissam Chach, Ahmad Okasha, Marina Albada, Sabrina Chelli, Aseel A. Takshe International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The world is confronted by various current development challenges, including global health security and climate change. The rapid growth of these challenges warned all nations regardless of their development or geographical position. As an emerging international pow...
Source: International Journal of Health Governance - July 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohammed Alkhaldi Immanuel Azaad Moonesar Sahar T. Issa Wissam Chach Ahmad Okasha Marina Albada Sabrina Chelli Aseel A. Takshe Source Type: research
For the return of high vaccination coverage
This article describes the Project for the Regaining of the High Vaccination Coverage (PRCV) and the strategy of working at the frontline, conducted in the local level, which has been implemented since 2021 and is already starting to show promising results. The PRCV was organized in three thematic axes with shared and specific actions, including: vaccination; information systems; communication and education. The outcomes achieved allow us to affirm that it is possible to reverse the low vaccination coverage, based on the articulation of structural and interinstitutional actions, with the strengthening of public policies an...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - July 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akira Homma Maria de Lourdes de Sousa Maia Isabel Cristina Alencar de Azevedo Isabella Lira Figueiredo Luciano Bezerra Gomes Clebson Ver íssimo da Costa Pereira Eliana de F átima Paulo Daniel Bruschi Cardoso Source Type: research
For the return of high vaccination coverage
This article describes the Project for the Regaining of the High Vaccination Coverage (PRCV) and the strategy of working at the frontline, conducted in the local level, which has been implemented since 2021 and is already starting to show promising results. The PRCV was organized in three thematic axes with shared and specific actions, including: vaccination; information systems; communication and education. The outcomes achieved allow us to affirm that it is possible to reverse the low vaccination coverage, based on the articulation of structural and interinstitutional actions, with the strengthening of public policies an...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - July 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akira Homma Maria de Lourdes de Sousa Maia Isabel Cristina Alencar de Azevedo Isabella Lira Figueiredo Luciano Bezerra Gomes Clebson Ver íssimo da Costa Pereira Eliana de F átima Paulo Daniel Bruschi Cardoso Source Type: research
For the return of high vaccination coverage
This article describes the Project for the Regaining of the High Vaccination Coverage (PRCV) and the strategy of working at the frontline, conducted in the local level, which has been implemented since 2021 and is already starting to show promising results. The PRCV was organized in three thematic axes with shared and specific actions, including: vaccination; information systems; communication and education. The outcomes achieved allow us to affirm that it is possible to reverse the low vaccination coverage, based on the articulation of structural and interinstitutional actions, with the strengthening of public policies an...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - July 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akira Homma Maria de Lourdes de Sousa Maia Isabel Cristina Alencar de Azevedo Isabella Lira Figueiredo Luciano Bezerra Gomes Clebson Ver íssimo da Costa Pereira Eliana de F átima Paulo Daniel Bruschi Cardoso Source Type: research
For the return of high vaccination coverage
This article describes the Project for the Regaining of the High Vaccination Coverage (PRCV) and the strategy of working at the frontline, conducted in the local level, which has been implemented since 2021 and is already starting to show promising results. The PRCV was organized in three thematic axes with shared and specific actions, including: vaccination; information systems; communication and education. The outcomes achieved allow us to affirm that it is possible to reverse the low vaccination coverage, based on the articulation of structural and interinstitutional actions, with the strengthening of public policies an...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - July 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Akira Homma Maria de Lourdes de Sousa Maia Isabel Cristina Alencar de Azevedo Isabella Lira Figueiredo Luciano Bezerra Gomes Clebson Ver íssimo da Costa Pereira Eliana de F átima Paulo Daniel Bruschi Cardoso Source Type: research
Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges
Volume 19, Issue 2, August 2023 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - July 11, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Adriano Focus Lubanga Akim Nelson Bwanali Leonard Munthali Mzati Mphepo Gertrude Diana Chumbi Melina Kangoma Chana Khuluza Source Type: research
The role of a genetically stable, novel oral type 2 poliovirus vaccine in the poliomyelitis endgame
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2023 Jul 3;47:e99. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2023.99. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTPoliovirus infection causes paralysis in up to 1 in 200 infected persons. The use of safe and effective inactivated poliovirus vaccines and live attenuated oral poliovirus vaccines (OPVs) means that only two pockets of wild-type poliovirus type 1 remain, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, OPVs can revert to virulence, causing outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV). During 2020-2022, cVDPV type 2 (cVDPV2) was responsible for 97-99% of poliomyelitis cases, mainly in Africa. Between January and August 2022,...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - July 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sue Ann Costa Clemens Gustavo Mendes Lima Santos Isabela Gonzalez Ralf Clemens Source Type: research
