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Progress towards Polio Eradication in Nigeria Nigeria is one of the three remaining polio endemic countries in the world, and ...Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster, Fr ...
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This poll o shows that popular perceptions of reality do not always conform to the statistics. Good reading at https://www.ipsos-mori.com/rese ...Listening to Leaders
Development partners and their capacity to listen. See, notably, the graphic on page 21. http://aiddata.org/sites/default/files/summarycomp1.pdfSOLVE THE OUTBREAK
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JOURNALS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER READING The updates posted on this page are simply a selection of items, mostly from the following journals, whi ...- - - DISEASE ERADICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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SELF LEARNING COURSES IN PUBLIC HEALTH This update is appearing again because of its popularity with readers. SELF LEARNING COURSES IN ...INVITATION TO JOIN HIFA2015 & CHILD2015
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Are three drugs for malaria better than two?
Are three drugs for malaria better than two? Comment, The Lancet, 11 March 2020 https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2820%2930560 ...Public health Interventions and epidemic intensity ...
Public health Interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1 May 2007 Ha ...Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as available we ...
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as available weapons to fight COVID-19 Colson P et al Int J Antimicrobial Agents, 4 March 2020 https://www.scien ...Using models to shape measles control and eliminat ...
Using models to shape measles control and elimination strategies in low- and middle-income countries: A review of recent applications F. Cutts et al. ...Immunization Agenda 2030
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Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, November 2019 Report “The crisis has three peaks: the first is the lev ...The costs of developing, deploying and maintaining ...
The costs of developing, deploying and maintaining electronic immunisation registries in Tanzania and Zambia Mvundura M et al. BMJ Global Health, 2 ...Why children are not vaccinated: A review of the g ...
Why children are not vaccinated: A review of the grey literature Favin, M et al. International Health, 4 :4, 229-238 https://www.sciencedirect ...Why children are not vaccinated: A review of the g ...
Why children are not vaccinated: A review of the grey literature Favin, M et al. International Health, 4 :4, 229-238 https://www.sciencedirect ...Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Roadmap
Defeating Meningitis by 2030: A Global Roadmap Unpublished document, World Health Organization, 2019 https://www.who.int/immunization/resear ...Update on vaccine derived polioviruses
Update on vaccine derived polioviruses From the Weekly Epidemiological Record https://www.who.int/wer/2019/wer9446/en/Effect of donor funding for immunization from GAVI ...
Effect of donor funding for immunization from Gavi and other development assistance channels on vaccine coverage: Evidence from 120 low and middle inc ...Elimination of human onchocerciasis: Progress repo ...
Elimination of human onchocerciasis: Progress report, 2018-2019 Weekly Epidemiological Record, 8 November 2019 “There is strong support for ma ...The impact of an integrated electronic immunizatio ...
The impact of an integrated electronic immunization registry and logistics management information system (EIR-Elmis) on vaccine availability in three ...Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care ...
Effect of community-initiated kangaroo mother care on survival of infants with low birthweight: A randomised controlled trial S. Mazumder et al., T ...The impact of an integrated electronic immunizatio ...
The impact of an integrated electronic immunization registry and logistics management information system (EIR-Elmis) on vaccine availability in three ...Phase 2b Controlled Trial of M72/ASO1E Vaccine to ...
Phase 2b Controlled Trial of M72/ASO1E Vaccine to Prevent Tuberculosis O van der Meeren et al., NEJM, 25 October 2019 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/ ...Achieving health equity: Democracy matters
Achieving health equity: Democracy matters From The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32128-2/fulltext?dgcid ...Achieving health equity: Democracy matters
Achieving health equity: Democracy matters From The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32128-2/fulltext?dgcid ...Why children are not vaccinated against measles: A ...
Why children are not vaccinated against measles: A cross-sectional study in two Nigerian states “Measles vaccination remains suboptimal, partic ...Where next for randomized clinical trials in globa ...
Where next for randomized clinical trials in global health? Editorial, The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2819%29324 ...Dracunculiasis -- A case study for infection eradi ...
Dracunculiasis – A case study for infection eradication Editorial, The Lancet infectious Diseases https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii ...Increased mortality in survivors of Ebola virus di ...
Increased mortality in survivors of Ebola virus disease From The Lancet Infectious Diseases. These data are from Guinea. ...Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acu ...
Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis From Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0613-1?smid=ny ...Recent Publications on Polio, American J Trop Med
Recent articles on polio, American J Trop Med https://www.ajtmh.org/search?value1=Core%20group%20polio&option1=fulltext&fbclid=IwAR3_KRbtDQSX ...Exclusive: Battle to wipe out debilitating guinea ...
Exclusive: Battle to wipe out debilitating guinea worm parasite hits 10 year delay Nature, 30 September 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586- ...Making Progress in Global Health
Making Progress in Global Health From the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation https://www.gatesfoundation.org/TheOptimist/Articles/examining-inequalit ...Sustained preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmi ...
Sustained preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminthiases leads to reduction in prevalene and anthelminthic tablets required D Mupfasoni e ...Progress towards Poliovirus Containment, Worldwide ...
Progress towards Poliovirus Containment, Worldwide From the Weekly Epidemiological Record https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/328103/WE ...Mandate vaccination with care
Mandate vaccination with care S. B. Omer et al. From Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02232-0 & ...
| Are three drugs for malaria better than two?
Friday, 24th of April 2020 |
| Public health Interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic
Thursday, 16th of April 2020 |
| Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as available weapons to fight COVID-19
Tuesday, 17th of March 2020 |
| Using models to shape measles control and elimination strategies in low- and middle-income countries: A review of recent applications
Monday, 17th of February 2020 |
| Immunization Agenda 2030
Tuesday, 11th of February 2020 |
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