• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Changes in vaccination administration in Japan
Vaccine. 2023 Mar 16:S0264-410X(23)00282-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.03.020. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper reviews the administration related to vaccination in Japan after the enactment of the Immunization Act in 1948, under which vaccination was implemented mandatory for the public. To enhance the effectiveness of vaccination activities, the government implemented group vaccination, which is convenient for vaccinating recipients all at once. In 1976, Japan established the relief system for health damage after vaccination. While some projects, such as the mass administration of live oral polio vaccine in 1961...
Source: Vaccine - March 18, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Takashi Nakano Source Type: research

Economic impact of vaccine safety incident in Ukraine: The economic case for safety system investment
Vaccine. 2022 Nov 24:S0264-410X(22)01374-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Vaccine confidence and coverage decreased following a death temporally but not causally related to measles vaccination in Ukraine in 2008. Large measles outbreaks including international exportations followed. Herein we characterize this experience including associated costs.METHODS: Mixed-methods were used to characterize this vaccine safety incident and quantify health and economic costs. Qualitative interviews illuminate the incident, social climate, and corruption that influenced vaccine confidence ...
Source: Vaccine - November 26, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Haley Budigan Ni Gatien de Broucker Bryan N Patenaude Matthew Z Dudley Lee M Hampton Daniel A Salmon Source Type: research

News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.                                                     Michel de MontaigneBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Jul 13 2022 (IPS) During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in their homes they watched with fear and fascination how the pandemic swept over the world, while comparing ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

The critical need for WASH in emergency preparedness in health settings, the case of COVID-19 pandemic in Kisumu Kenya
Health Place. 2022 May 30;76:102841. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102841. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe devastating effects of inadequate basic utilities such as water, sanitation, hygiene, waste management and environmental cleaning (WASH) is underscored by the current global pandemic declared on March 11, 2020. This paper explores the experiences of key informants (n = 15) ie government and non-government organization officials on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in health care facilities (HCFs) and the role of WASH in emergency preparedness in health settings and the communities they serve using Kisumu, Kenya...
Source: Health and Place - June 6, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Thelma Zulfawu Abu Susan J Elliott Source Type: research

Sustainable Development Goals and childhood measles vaccination in Ekiti State, Nigeria: Results from spatial and interrupted time series analyses
Vaccine. 2022 May 26:S0264-410X(22)00632-6. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.037. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMeasles remains an important cause of childhood mortality in many resource-limited countries. With Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), there has been increasing emphasis on measles vaccination as a key strategy to remarkably improve child survival. While progress has been made towards measles vaccination coverage due to SDG in some settings, there has been no prior study evaluating its impact in Nigeria. To assess the effectiveness of SDG policy implementation on measles vaccination coverage, we examined the chang...
Source: Vaccine - June 1, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Marcus M Ilesanmi Daniel A Adeyinka Babayemi O Olakunde Source Type: research

Public Health Actions to Control Measles Among Afghan Evacuees During Operation Allies Welcome - United States, September-November 2021
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Apr 29;71(17):592-596. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7117a2.ABSTRACTOn August 29, 2021, the United States government oversaw the emergent establishment of Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), led by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and implemented by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Department of State (DoS), to safely resettle U.S. citizens and Afghan nationals from Afghanistan to the United States. Evacuees were temporarily housed at several overseas locations in Europe and Asia* before being transported via military and charter flights through two U.S. international airports,...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - April 28, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nina B Masters Adria D Mathis Jessica Leung Kelley Raines Nakia S Clemmons Kathryn Miele S Arunmozhi Balajee Tatiana M Lanzieri Mona Marin Deborah L Christensen Kevin R Clarke Miguel A Cruz Kathleen Gallagher Shannon Gearhart Alida M Gertz Onalee Grady-Er Source Type: research

Pages: 1  2