Progress and future challenges in coordinated surveillance and detection of pneumococcal and Hib disease in developing countries.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Orin S. Levine, Thomas Cherian, Rana Hajjeh, and Maria Deloria Knoll GAVI Alliance’s PneumoADIP, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Hib Initiative, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia; and Immunizations, Vaccines, and Biologics, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
منابع مشابه
Potentially Preventable Number of Cases and Deaths Associated with Pneumococcal Diseases and Haemophilus Influenzae in Iran during (2010-2013)
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in children under 5-year of age. This study aims to estimate potentially preventable number of cases and deaths caused by Hib and pneumococcal in Iran.Materials and Methods:We used the burden of diseases model estimates of the World Health Organization (...
متن کاملEstimating Meningitis Hospitalization Rates for Sentinel Hospitals Conducting Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance
The World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated Global Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) sentinel hospital surveillance network provides data for decision making regarding use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, both recommended for inclusion in routine childhood immunization programs worldwide. WHO recommends that countries ...
متن کاملChildhood immunisation with conjugate vaccines and prevention of pneumonia.
Childhood immunisation with conjugate vaccines and prevention of pneumonia Principi and Esposito describe that widespread use of Haemophilus influenzae b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) has nearly eliminated pneumonia due to the first pathogen and significantly reduced the number of cases due to the second pathogen. So, they advise a strong recommendation of these vaccines world...
متن کاملWhat Are the Implications for Childhood Pneumonia of Successfully Introducing Hib and Pneumococcal Vaccines in Developing Countries?
Pneumonia is the single commonest cause of death in children under five years old, accounting for 2 million out of 10 million childhood deaths worldwide [1]. Severe pneumonia is an important diagnostic syndrome within the World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF system for triage and clinical management in developing countries, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). The objective ...
متن کاملImmunogenicity and Efficacy of Different Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccines
Haemophilus influenzae, a major cause of meningitis in young children leading to death and other neurological sequelae. The disease leaves 15 to 35% of the survivors with permanent disabilities, such as, mental retardation or deafness. Despite the availability of new and more powerful antibiotics children with Hib meningitis still suffer from high mortality or morbidity. The emergence of multir...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 48 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009