Establishment of Safety Monitoring System for Vaccines Not Included in the National Immunization Program in Korea
CONCLUSION: We are establishing the first safety monitoring system for selected non-NIP vaccines in Korea since September 2022 and report its progress as of July 2023. However, continuous government support is essential for its maintenance and improvement.PMID:38317446 | PMC:PMC10843970 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e45 (Source: J Korean Med Sci)
Source: J Korean Med Sci - February 6, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eliel Nham Jin Gu Yoon Min Joo Choi Yu Bin Seo Jacob Lee Won Suk Choi Hakjun Hyun Hye Seong Ji Yun Noh Joon Young Song Woo Joo Kim Hee Jin Cheong Source Type: research
Impact of COVID-19 on Vaccination Rates Among Pregnant Patients
Influenza and tetanus toxoid reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) are two safe and effective vaccines that are recommended in pregnancy. Despite this, significant vaccine hesitancy exists in pregnancy. However, impact of the COVID pandemic on vaccine hesitancy is not well understood. Thus, we sought to compare impact of COVID-19 pandemic on influenza and Tdap vaccination rates in pregnant patients. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - February 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Njagu R, Brucker A, Feng K, Lunn S, Greene M, Swamy G, Dotters-Katz S Source Type: research
117. Making it Easy to Say Yes: Using a Quality Improvement Approach to Boost Immunization Rates and Examine Equity in an Adolescent Medicine Practice
Vaccinations protect against preventable harmful diseases. Complete vaccine records enable adolescents to access opportunities including school, work, and sports. In our Adolescent Medicine practice, documentation of immunizations was incomplete, with the inability to get initial vaccination records for new patients. By December 2023, we sought to: 1) increase the percent of patients with a complete vaccination record from 88% to 95%, 2) increase the percent of patients who are up to date on their meningococcal (MCV), human papillomavirus (HPV), and Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations from 70% to 80%, an...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - January 30, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria Grace Alfieri, Hannah Rauchle, Kathleen Waddicor, Stephanie Ng, Benjamin Ethier, Sara Forman, Gabriela Vargas, Joshua Borus Source Type: research
Is health expenditure on immunisation associated with immunisation coverage in sub-Saharan Africa? A multicountry analysis, 2013-2017
Conclusions
There is a need to facilitate the development of strategies that support African countries to increase domestic financing for national immunisation programmes towards achieving 2030 targets for immunisation coverage. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - January 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Idris, I. O., Ouma, L., Tapkigen, J., Ayomoh, F. I., Ayeni, G. O. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research
Vaccination coverage of primary care providers against seasonal influenza, tetanus, pneumococcal pneumonia and herpes zoster: A cross-sectional study in Greece
CONCLUSIONS: The results revealed suboptimal vaccination rates among health providers who are in the frontline of adult immunization. Individualized and targeted measures to improve their vaccination coverage and indirectly the vaccination coverage of their patients, are therefore required.PMID:38187900 | PMC:PMC10764975 | DOI:10.3934/publichealth.2023061 (Source: Herpes)
Source: Herpes - January 8, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Panagiota Kalatzi Antonios K Travlos Nickos Geladas Maria Iliadou Chara Tzavara Costas Chryssanthopoulos Alexandros Mihopoulos Styliani Tziaferi Source Type: research
Hotspot areas of tetanus-unprotected births and its associated factors in Ethiopia: Spatial analysis of EDHS data
Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - January 4, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Anteneh Mengist DessieMelkamu Aderajew ZemeneAsaye Alamneh GebeyehuNatnael Atnafu GebeyehuGetachew Asmare AdellaGizachew Ambaw KassieMisganaw Asmamaw MengstieMohammed Abdu SeidEndeshaw Chekol AbebeMolalegn Mesele GeseseYenealem Solomon KebedeNatnael Moges Source Type: research
Adoption rates of recommended vaccines and influencing factors among patients with inflammatory arthritis: a patient survey
AbstractTo determine the scope of recommended vaccination uptake among patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) receiving biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic agents (bDMARDs and tsDMARDs, respectively) and to determine factors, which influence their decision and are subject to modification. A single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted including patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on bDMARDs or tsDMARDs. Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical parameters were analyzed. Disease activity was determined using the validated ind...
Source: Rheumatology International - January 1, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
265 Patient-level trends in vaccine uptake during the COVID pandemic
Influenza and tetanus toxoid reduced diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis(TDaP) vaccines are safe, effective, and recommended in pregnancy. Despite this, significant vaccine hesitancy exists in pregnancy. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine hesitancy is not well understood. Wedescribe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient-level influenza, TDaP, and dual vaccination trends. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - January 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Ravyn Njagu, Amanda Brucker, Kelvin Feng, Siera Lunn, Melissa Greene, Geeta K. Swamy, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz Source Type: research
715 Trends in Tdap and Flu Vaccination in Pregnant People in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic
We aimed to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted routine Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) and Influenza (Flu) vaccine administration in pregnancy. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - January 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Eesha Dave, Jennifer F. Culhane, Lisbet S. Lundsberg, Caitlin Partridge, Katherine Kohari, Anna Denoble Source Type: research
988 Tetanus-diptheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine receipt in pregnancy and its association with community-level socioeconomic vulnerability
To estimate the association between prenatal Tdapvaccine receipt and measures of community-level socioeconomic deprivation, as limitations of existing research preclude an accurate characterization of the relationship. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - January 1, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Sarah G. Downs, Caitlin Tedeschi, Michelle Hsia, David Kline, David M. Stamilio Source Type: research
Prevalence and correlates of tetanus toxoid uptake among women in sub-Saharan Africa: Multilevel analysis of demographic and health survey data
ConclusionUptake of tetanus toxoid vaccination among the women in SSA was low. Maternal age, education, current working status, parity, antenatal care visits, exposure to mass media, and wealth status influence tetanus toxoid uptake among women. Our findings suggest that health sector stakeholders in SSA must implement interventions that encourage pregnant women to have at least four antenatal care visits. Also, health policymakers in SSA could ensure that the tetanus toxoid vaccine is free or covered under national health insurance to make it easier for women from poorer households to have access to it when necessary. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - December 27, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye Source Type: research
Recombinant bacteriophage T4 displaying key epitopes of the foot-and-mouth disease virus as a novel nanoparticle vaccine
Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Dec 19:128837. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128837. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFoot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a highly contagious pathogen that has caused significant economic losses in the livestock industry. Peptide vaccines engineered with the protective epitopes of FMDV have provided a safer alternative for disease prevention than the traditional inactivated vaccines. However, the immunogenicity of the peptide is usually poor and therefore an adjuvant is required. Here, we showed that recombinant T4 phages displaying the B-cell epitope of the FMDV VP1 protein (VP1130-158), without a...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - December 21, 2023 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Cen Chen Nan Zhang Mengling Li Aili Guo Yifei Zheng Farwa Humak Ping Qian Pan Tao Source Type: research
Recombinant bacteriophage T4 displaying key epitopes of the foot-and-mouth disease virus as a novel nanoparticle vaccine
Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Dec 19:128837. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128837. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFoot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a highly contagious pathogen that has caused significant economic losses in the livestock industry. Peptide vaccines engineered with the protective epitopes of FMDV have provided a safer alternative for disease prevention than the traditional inactivated vaccines. However, the immunogenicity of the peptide is usually poor and therefore an adjuvant is required. Here, we showed that recombinant T4 phages displaying the B-cell epitope of the FMDV VP1 protein (VP1130-158), without a...
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - December 21, 2023 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Cen Chen Nan Zhang Mengling Li Aili Guo Yifei Zheng Farwa Humak Ping Qian Pan Tao Source Type: research
Analysis of maternal and child health spillover effects in PEPFAR countries
Conclusions
This study demonstrated that important health indicators, beyond HIV, have been consistently and favourably influenced by PEPFAR presence. Child and maternal mortality have been substantially reduced, and childhood immunisation rates increased. We also found no evidence of ‘crowding out’ or negative spillovers in these resource-poor countries. These findings add to the body of evidence that PEPFAR has had favourable health effects beyond HIV. The implications of these findings are that foreign aid for health in one area may have favourable health effects in other areas in recipient countries. More r...
Source: BMJ Open - December 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Gaumer, G., Crown, W. H., Kates, J., Luan, Y., Hariharan, D., Jordan, M., Hurley, C. L., Nandakumar, A. Tags: Open access, Health economics Source Type: research
