BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the greatest cause of age-weighted years of life lost in the developing world. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with a high proportion of cervical cancers, and HPV vaccination may help to reduce the incidence of cancer. The aim of the study was to identify barriers, obstacles, and strategies and to analyze key concerns and lessons learned with res...

Participation in vaccination campaigns worldwide, particularly the Expanded Programme on Immunization, has increased significantly in recent years. However, there remain multiple and integrated behavioural, sociocultural and political-economic barriers to vaccination. The Diseases of the Most Impoverished (DOMI) Programme has undertaken shigellosis disease-burden studies and oral cholera and ty...

Vaccination has been proven to be the most effective method prevent infectious diseases. However, there are still millions of children in low and middle-income countries who not covered by routine vaccines remain at risk. The World Health Organization – Expanded Programme on Immunization (WHO-EPI) was designed provide universal childhood vaccine access for across world this work, we address des...

BACKGROUND The Global Pertussis Initiative, an expert scientific forum, was established to address the ongoing problems associated with pertussis disease worldwide. METHODS The group analyzed pertussis disease trends, developed recommendations to improve disease control through expanded vaccination strategies, and proposed solutions to barriers to implementation and support of research activi...

long-term protection against hepatitis b virus (hbv) is dependent on persistence of anti-hbs antibodies and/or strong immunological memory. in this study we evaluated the persistence of anti-hbs antibodies in healthy iranian children 5 years after primary vaccination and the response to a booster dose using recombinant hepatitis b vaccine. totally, 81 children who had received primary course of...

In this paper seasonal epidemiological processes are considered and a strategy of periodic vaccination is proposed. The invariant formulations associated with an N periodic system and the reproduction numbers associated with them are considered. New measures to study the stability of the system are introduced. Moreover, these new reproduction numbers help us to establish conditions on the perio...

Over the past decade the number of recommended and funded vaccines for adolescents has increased, becoming a substantial part of the National Immunisation Program in Australia. In response, NSW has implemented disease-specific vaccination campaigns for both children and adolescents and more recently established a routine high school-based vaccination program to administer vaccines to this often...

INTRODUCTION Vaccine hesitancy and refusal continue to be a global challenge to reaching immunization targets, especially among those in traditional or fundamentalist religions. The apostolic faith in Zimbabwe has been historically associated with objection to most medical interventions, including immunization. METHODS We conducted a descriptive analysis of socio-demographic characteristics a...

BACKGROUND Childhood vaccination may protect children's nutritional status and lead to improved child growth in developing countries. This study evaluates the effect of India's childhood vaccination program Universal Immunization Program (UIP) on the growth of children <4 years of age. METHODS Regression models were estimated to examine the effect of UIP on vaccination status and children's a...