Academic Articles & Research Papers

Estimating vaccination coverage in low-income countries and low-resource settings: a scoping review.

State Repeal of Nonmedical Vaccine Exemptions and Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.

Association Between Internet Access and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Coverage in Brazilian Municipalities: An Ecological Study.

Vaccination Inequities Among Foreign-Born Adults in the United States: The Role of Citizenship, Socioeconomic Disadvantage, and Healthcare Access in the 2024 National Health Interview Survey.

Navigating HPV vaccination challenges in low-resource settings: Practical strategies for estimating the size of out-of-school girls.

Spatio-temporal dynamics, transmission hotspots, and vaccination gaps driving measles persistence in Nigeria, 2006-2025.

Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) Pandemic Workforce Administrative Cohort (IMPACT): design and descriptive estimates of surveillance-detected COVID-19 outcomes and primary-series vaccination coverage.

Evidence for long-term CD8(+) memory and functionally diverse CD4(+) helper responses following yellow fever vaccination: a systematic review.

Mass vaccination and drug administration for malaria elimination in Bangladesh: design and implementation of a community engagement strategy.

Pertussis and vaccination coverage in children under one year of age and in pregnant women: a challenge that persists.

Mortality reduction benefits and intussusception risks of rotavirus vaccination in 135 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of current and alternative schedules

Summary: Background: Infant rotavirus vaccines have led to substantial reductions in hospital admissions and deaths due to gastroenteritis, but some studies have reported an elevated risk of intussusception, a rare bowel disorder. This ana...

How to address vaccine hesitancy? Lessons from National Hepatitis B Immunization Program in China

China, with the severe burden of hepatitis B, plays a significant role in the global efforts towards eliminating hepatitis B disease by 2030. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective measure to prevent infectious diseases. However, v...

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward COVID-19 vaccination among patients attending OPD of a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Background: The acceptance of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination by the community was largely affected by information or misinformation spreading through various channels. Hence, in the process of deploying vaccines, it bec...

Knowledge, attitude and human papillomavirus vaccination among market women in North-Central Nigeria

Abstract Non-vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) has serious implications on population health. This study therefore investigates the awareness and knowledge of HPV and its vaccines, attitude towards HPV vaccines, and adoption ra...

Spatio-temporal analysis of childhood vaccine uptake in Nigeria: a hierarchical Bayesian Zero-inflated Poisson approach

Abstract Background Globally, child mortality and morbidity remain a serious health challenge and infectious diseases are the leading causes. The use of count models together with spatial analysis of the number of doses of childhood vaccine...

Regional, subregional and country-level full vaccination coverage in children aged 12–23 months for 34 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a global analysis using Demographic and Health Survey data

Objective This study estimated the proportion of children aged 12–23 months who were fully vaccinated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), explored geographical disparities across subregions and countries, and identified country-level factors assoc...

Comparative Immunogenicity and Safety of Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine When Administered Using Needle Free Injection System to That with Conventional Needle-Syringe in India: A Randomized, Parallel Group Study

B S Ratta,1,* Ankur Naik,2,* Sarvesh Mutha3,* 1Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India; 2Chief Technology Officer, IntegriMedical Private Limited, Pune, India; 3Chief Business Officer, IntegriMed...

Growth responses of entire and immunocastrated male pigs to dietary protein with and without ractopamine hydrochloride

The interaction between dietary balanced protein, ractopamine (RAC) and Improvac (IMP) on the growth response of 120 individually penned male PICC pigs was evaluated. The pigs entered the trial at 16 weeks of age and were assigned to 12 tre...

Perceptions of cervical cancer prevention among a group of ethnic minority women in Denmark-A qualitative study.

BackgroundCervical cancer screening (CCS) and human papillomavirus vaccination (HPVV) are effective measures against cervical cancer (CC). Attendance in HPVV and CCS provides the greatest protection, while combined non-attendance in HPVV an...

Leveraging AI to optimize vaccines supply chain and logistics in Africa: opportunities and challenges

Examining the current situation of the vaccine supply chain in Africa, the article highlights the importance of AI technologies while outlining the prospects and problems in vaccine supply chain management in Africa. Despite the significanc...