The French National Immunization Program was updated in 2013 for vaccination against diphtheria,tetanus,per-tussis,and poliomyelitis.Our previous findings on the evolution of age-specific booster vaccination coverage ...
supported by an unconditional educational grant from Merck Sharp and Dohme(MSD)through the Agence de Médecine Préventive(AMP)Afrique。
Background:The contribution of vaccination to global public health and community wellbeing has been described as one of the greatest success stories of modern medicine.However,13.5 million children still miss at least...
The reports on coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)describe the pandemic in waves.Similar to the ocean’s waves,the frequency and amplitude of the number of new cases and the number of deaths were globally quite regular...
Funding for this research was provided through the Regional Office of UNICEF in Bangkok,Thailand.
Background:Asia is a region that is rapidly urbanising.While overall urban health is above rural health standards,there are also pockets of deep health and social disadvantage within urban slum and peri-urban areas th...
Introduction: Despite the enormous resources deployed and the success achieved in vaccination, reducing the number of children who remain unvaccinated remains a major operational challenge in certain countries. In 201...
Background: The Ghana Expanded Programme on Immunisation recommends that children receive Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) at birth;three doses of Penta vaccine and OPV at 6, 10 and 14 weeks...
AIM:To determine the prevalence of recent immunisation amongst children under 7 years of age presenting for febrile convulsions.METHODS:This is a retrospective study of all children under the age of seven presenting w...
This study evaluated efficacy of maternal and larval immunisation against Lactococcus garviae infection and on the lysozyme and immunoglobulin (IgM) levels in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walaum). Forty-eight-da...
Introduction: Under five mortality in Zambia is unacceptably high and diarrhoea is the third leading contributor. The Programme for Awareness and Elimination of Diarrhoea (PAED) sought to support the government to acc...
The following article has been retracted due to the investigation of complaints received against it. The Editorial Board found that substantial portions of the text came from other published papers. The scientific com...