Background. Even though immunisation coverage is tracked through the district health system in South Africa (SA), limited information is available regarding interventions linked to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) and the impact on the nutritional status of children <5 years of age.Objectives...
The coronavirus disease‑19 pandemic has spread to all parts of the world. As of 20 May 2022, over 500 million confirmed cases have occurred with over 6 million deaths. In Nigeria, over 255,000 cases have occurred with more than 3000 deaths. The pandemic has adversely
affected virtually all aspects of h...
Background: Vaccinations in general are considered to be one of the greatest achievements in medicine, saving millions of lives globally. Aim: This narrative review highlights issues related to vaccination in pregnancy and provides information on those vaccines registered for use in pregnancy.
Method: Pu...
Objective: to analyse the pandemic after one year in terms of the evolution of morbidity and mortality and factors that may contribute to this evolution
Design: This is a secondary analysis of data gathered to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of cases, incidence rate, cumulative incidence rat...
Understanding the economic implications of COVID-19 for the HIV epidemic and response is critical for designing policies and strategies to effectively sustain past gains and accelerate progress to end these colliding pandemics. While considerable cross-national empirical evidence exists a...
Connolly, Emilia;
Boley, Emma J;
Fejfar, Donald Luke;
Varney, Prince F;
Aron, Moses B;
Fulcher, Isabel R;
Wesler, Lambert;
Ndayizigiye, Melino;
Law, Michael R;
Mugunga, Jean-Claude;
Hedt-Gauthier, Bethany.
Objective: To examine changes in vaccination of children younger than 1 year during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (March 2020-August 2021) in Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia and Malawi.
Methods: We used data from health management information systems on vaccination of children aged 12 months o...
Objective. Toassess national vaccination coverage, adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and evaluate the vaccination status in COVID infected patients. Methods. Sociodemographic data on vaccination and clinical characteristics of Covid-19 cases were extracted from the na...
Recent literature has shown how the HIV architecture, including community systems, has been critical for fighting COVID-19 in many countries, while sustaining the HIV response. Innovative initiatives suggest that fostering the integration of health services would help address the colliding pandemics. How...
A gestão das questões bioéticas deve alicerçar-se em princípios e recomendações bem estabelecidas. Neste estudo do tipo bibliométrico, fez-se o levantamento do volume de publicações científicas no âmbito da Covid-19 (e cumulativamente em Bioética),
publicados na base de dados (BD) Bibliote...
