Results: The overall wastage factor for BCG vaccine was 1.83, for OPV was 1.33, for DPT was 1.19, for Hepatitis B vaccine was 1.26 and for Measles vaccine was 1.39. The WF was highest for sessions held at ICDS for BCG vaccination (3.38) followed by sessions held at mobile sites for BCG vaccination (2.50). The WF was lowest for sessions held at UHC for DPT vaccination (1.11) followed by sessions...

BACKGROUND A compact pre-filled auto-disable injection (cPAD) presentation is being developed for the fully liquid pentavalent DTP-HepB-Hib vaccine. A cost analysis (CA) to compare this presentation with the presently used single-dose vial (SDV) and multi-dose vial (MDV) was conducted in Cambodia, Ghana, and Peru. METHODOLOGY The CA included the development of an excel-based costing model and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the coverage and timeliness of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in The Gambia. METHODS Vaccination data were obtained between January 2005 and December 2012 from the Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance System (FHDSS), the Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System (BHDSS), the Kiang West Demographic surveillance system (KWDSS), a cluster surve...

BACKGROUND Reducing vaccine wastage is important. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is produced in vials of 20 infant doses. The reconstituted vaccine is discarded after 4-6 hours. Therefore, to reduce vaccine wastage, a 20-dose vial of BCG is often only opened if at least 10-12 infants are present, jeopardising BCG vaccination coverage and timely vaccination. We observed that nurses were n...

Objective(s): In heart failure, the heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio of the delayed image and washout rate (WR) are well-known as a powerful cardiac event predictors. H/M ratio quantifies the accumulation rate of MIBG in the myocardium and WR quantifies reduction of meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) accumulation in the heart from the early planar image to the delayed pla...

Introduction: By July 2023, Brazil had administered approximately 540 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. This study aimed to quantify wasted doses resulting from dead space in supplies. Methods: The supply was initially weighed, filled with distilled water, and expelled simulate administration. Weighing it again after the application determined volume. Descriptive analyses calculated waste rate/wa...

This report presents an approach to costing the delivery of a malaria vaccine through the expanded program on immunization (EPI), and presents the predicted cost per dose delivered and cost per fully immunized child (FIC) in Tanzania, which are key inputs to the cost-effectiveness analysis. The costs included in the analysis are those related to the purchase of the vaccine taking into account t...