The Social Mobilization Network (SMNet) has been lauded as one of the most successsful community engagement strategies in public health for its role in polio elimination in India. The UNICEF-managed SMNet was created as a strategy to eradicate polio by engaging >7000 frontline social mobilizers to advocate for vaccination in some of the most underserved, marginalized, and at-risk communities in...

This study assessed hepatitis B prevalence among pregnant women attending health care facilities in rural Bangladesh. Blood samples were collected from 480 participants. HBsAg was positive in 0.4% of subjects, anti-HBc was positive in 21.5% and anti-HBs was positive in 8.5% of subjects. HBsAg was more prevalent among the older age group. Hepatitis B has a low prevalence among pregnant women in ...

OBJECTIVES The overall aim of this study is to discern whether and to what degree vaccination sites exhibit constant returns to scale. METHODS Data Envelopment Analysis is used to compare all the facilities in the sample in terms of input costs used to produce multiple outputs. The application considers the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), which operated in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, duri...

All countries look up to the COVID-19 vaccine as panacea against pandemic. vaccination campaigns have been rolled out globally, while Sri Lanka, too, is ready for its own. To assess public opinion concerning in we carried an online survey from 17.12.2020 18.01.2021. Eighty-six percent (n = 1080) of respondents reed accept vaccine. In meantime, 9 % 108) did not agree receive vaccine, 5% 62) had ...

conclusions the hepatitis b vaccination coverage was more than many studies in other countries. it seems that the vaccination program of the current study had sufficient efficacy for medical surveillance of hcws in the academic hospitals under study. the essential point for success at a vaccination program was good performance of occupational health department. methods this retrospective descri...

BACKGROUND Almost all diarrhea deaths in young children occur in developing countries. Immunization against rotavirus, the leading cause of childhood severe dehydrating acute diarrhea may reduce the burden of severe diarrhea in developing countries. Ghana introduced rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccination in the national expanded program on immunization in May 2012. METHODS Review of all-cause...

BACKGROUND The pandemic potential of influenza A (H5N1) virus is a prominent public health concern of the 21st century. OBJECTIVE To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative pandemic (H5N1) mitigation and response strategies. DESIGN Compartmental epidemic model in conjunction with a Markov model of disease progression. DATA SOURCES Literature and expert opinion. ...