Poliomyelitis and measles serosurvey in northern Malaysia.

The expanded programme in immunization against measles and poliomyelitis, Iran's Experience.

Vaccine-preventable disease susceptibility in a young adult Micronesian population.

Current US military recruit vaccination policy presumes that recruits have had a complete childhood immunization series. This assumption may not be appropriate for recruits from Micronesia, who may have had limited access to modern health care, including immunization programs. During 1988 and 1990, a cross-sectional serosurvey was conducted among 66 US military recruits, 56 from the Federated S...

Communicable diseases: a continuing threat in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, the common causes of mortality between the post-war years and independence in 1957 were mainly cDmmunicable' diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis and the like, which were largely associated with poverty and underdevelopment. 1 With the introduction of socio-econornic development programmes through the five-year Malaysia Plans, communicable diseases as leading cau...

Evaluation of cold chain monitoring in Kelantan, Malaysia.

An analysis was carried out on a total of 883 cold chain monitor (CCM) cards, which had been attached to batches of poliomyelitis, measles, DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) and hepatitis B vaccines, during their transport and storage from the central store in Kuala Lumpur to Kelantan, a state in north-eastern Malaysia; 234 freeze watches attached to hepatitis B vaccines were also analysed. ...

Measles vaccination coverage during poliomyelitis national immunization days in Burkina Faso, 1999.

In 1999, Burkina Faso added measles vaccine during the second round of its poliomyelitis national immunization days (NIDs). A cluster survey was conducted in each of the country's 53 health districts to assess vaccination coverage achieved by the campaign. Forty-four percent of children aged 9-59 months had a documented prior measles vaccination, and 88% were vaccinated during NIDs. Eighty-five...