Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges
Vaccination stands as one of the most important scientific discoveries and public health achievements in the fight against diseases. For over a century, millions of early childhood deaths have been averted through routine immunizations. However, to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with...
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| author | Adriano Focus Lubanga Akim Nelson Bwanali Leonard Munthali Mzati Mphepo Gertrude Diana Chumbi Melina Kangoma Chana Khuluza |
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| description | Vaccination stands as one of the most important scientific discoveries and public health achievements in the fight against diseases. For over a century, millions of early childhood deaths have been averted through routine immunizations. However, to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications and optimize the control of vaccine-preventable diseases in communities, high uptake rates must be achieved. Mass immunization campaigns (MICs) have globally been used to introduce new vaccines for major infectious diseases and improve coverage of routine vaccines through catch-up campaigns. Malawi recently undertook such a campaign to introduce a highly efficacious typhoid conjugate vaccine and provides a catch-up to measles, rubella, and polio. Such campaigns are associated with multiple benefits. However, the MICs are associated with multiple challenges to be successfully administered. In this review, we highlight recent MIC, vaccine coverage, and potential challenges and benefits and offer recommendation for future preventive campaigns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b0a949325174d1b9c4a21b43df6def62023-09-26T13:25:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2023-08-0119210.1080/21645515.2023.22333972233397Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challengesAdriano Focus Lubanga0Akim Nelson Bwanali1Leonard Munthali2Mzati Mphepo3Gertrude Diana Chumbi4Melina Kangoma5Chana Khuluza6Clinical Research Education and Management Services LTD(CREAMS)Clinical Research Education and Management Services LTD(CREAMS)Ministry of Health (MoH)Clinical Research Education and Management Services LTD(CREAMS)Ministry of Health (MoH)Ministry of Health (MoH)Ministry of Health (MoH)Vaccination stands as one of the most important scientific discoveries and public health achievements in the fight against diseases. For over a century, millions of early childhood deaths have been averted through routine immunizations. However, to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine-preventable diseases and their complications and optimize the control of vaccine-preventable diseases in communities, high uptake rates must be achieved. Mass immunization campaigns (MICs) have globally been used to introduce new vaccines for major infectious diseases and improve coverage of routine vaccines through catch-up campaigns. Malawi recently undertook such a campaign to introduce a highly efficacious typhoid conjugate vaccine and provides a catch-up to measles, rubella, and polio. Such campaigns are associated with multiple benefits. However, the MICs are associated with multiple challenges to be successfully administered. In this review, we highlight recent MIC, vaccine coverage, and potential challenges and benefits and offer recommendation for future preventive campaigns.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2233397vaccinationintegrated immunizationmeaslespoliovaccine-preventable diseases |
| spellingShingle | Adriano Focus Lubanga Akim Nelson Bwanali Leonard Munthali Mzati Mphepo Gertrude Diana Chumbi Melina Kangoma Chana Khuluza Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics vaccination integrated immunization measles polio vaccine-preventable diseases |
| title | Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges |
| title_full | Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges |
| title_fullStr | Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges |
| title_short | Malawi vaccination drive: An integrated immunization campaign against typhoid, measles, rubella, and polio; health benefits and potential challenges |
| title_sort | malawi vaccination drive an integrated immunization campaign against typhoid measles rubella and polio health benefits and potential challenges |
| topic | vaccination integrated immunization measles polio vaccine-preventable diseases |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2233397 |
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