A Libertarian Legitimacy for Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination by Yudi Setiawan, Zaid Zaid, Nanik Prasetyoningsih, Mahbub Pasca Al Bahy

“…When the Covid-19 vaccine became available, several countries began to adopt mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policies. However, mandatory Covid-19 vaccination has received strong opposition from the start. …”
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Vaccination against Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Spanish Adults: Practical Recommendations by the NeumoExperts Prevention Group by Esther Redondo, Irene Rivero-Calle, Enrique Mascarós, Daniel Ocaña, Isabel Jimeno, Ángel Gil, José Luis Díaz-Maroto, Manuel Linares, María Ángeles Onieva-García, Fernando González-Romo, José Yuste, Federico Martinón-Torres

“…This guide is intended for the individual perspective of protection and not for vaccination policies, as we do not pretend to interfere with the official recommendations of any country. …”
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Parents’ Decisions to Vaccinate Children against COVID-19: A Scoping Review by Fengming Pan, Hongyu Zhao, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Rugang Liu, Qingzhen Hou

“…Our study informs government and health officials about appropriate vaccination policies and measures to improve the vaccination rate of children and makes specific recommendations on enhancing child vaccinate rates.…”
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Trends in Pneumococcal and Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil from 2007 to 2019 by Cintia Irene Parellada, Ariane de Jesus Lopes de Abreu, Marina G. Birck, Carolina Zampirolli Dias, Thais das Neves Fraga Moreira, Guilherme Silva Julian, Paula de Mendonça Batista, Juan Carlos Orengo, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach

“…These findings highlight the value of expanding pneumococcal vaccination policies, including vaccines that provide better indirect protection from children to adults and broadening vaccination to older adults.…”
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How to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination in the Digital Media Age: The Persuasive Effects of News Frames and Argument Quality by Xi Chen, Yan Wang, Yixin Huang, Zhenyuan Wang, Chaohai Shen

“…These findings may help guide the writing of news, thereby improving vaccine uptake, enhancing the public’s health literacy, and facilitating the implementation of vaccination policies during and after a pandemic.…”
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Lack of clear national policy guidance on COVID-19 vaccines influences behaviors in pregnant and lactating women in Kenya by Eleonor Zavala, Berhaun Fesshaye, Clarice Lee, Stephen Mutwiwa, Wincate Njagi, Paul Munyao, Rosemary Njogu, Rachel Gur-Arie, Alicia M. Paul, Taylor A. Holroyd, Prachi Singh, Ruth A. Karron, Rupali J. Limaye

“…These findings support the need for the development and dissemination of effective vaccine communication guidelines and the prioritization of PLW in COVID-19 vaccination policies and campaigns. To ensure PLW do not face the same inequities in future epidemics, data on infectious disease burdens and vaccine uptake should be collected systematically among pregnant women, and PLW should be included in future vaccine trials.…”
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When Can One Vaccinate with a Live Vaccine after Wild-Type Dengue Infection? by Bruno Guy, Eng Eong Ooi, Jose Ramos-Castañeda, Stephen J. Thomas

“…Evidence that informs health authorities and medical practitioners in formulating vaccine policies and implementing vaccine programs is thus needed. …”
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Challenges of conducting an international observational study to assess immunogenicity of multiple COVID-19 vaccines. by Ratna Sardana, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Wiwit Agung Snc, Abdoul H Beavogui, Jean-Luc Biampata, Djeneba Dabitao, Paola Del Carmen Guerra de Blas, Dehkontee Gayedyu-Dennis, Mory C Haidara, Ganbolor Jargalsaikhan, Garmai Nyuangar, Asep Purnama, Guillermo Ruiz Palacios, Seydou Samake, Moctar Tounkara, Shera Weyers, Delgersaikhan Zulkhuu, Sally Hunsberger, Renee Ridzon

“…Here we focus on challenges and hurdles encountered during the planning and implementation of the study with regard to study logistics, national vaccine policies, pandemic-induced and supply chain constraints, and cultural beliefs. …”
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Hepatitis B in Healthcare Personnel: An Update on the Global Landscape by Georgia B. Nikolopoulou, Ioannis Tzoutzas, Athanasios Tsakris, Helena C. Maltezou

“…This research also discloses global inequities regarding vaccination policies against hepatitis B, free-of-charge vaccinations, and access to post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). …”
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Evaluation of Whole-Cell and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in the Context of Long-Term Herd Immunity by Ewa Szwejser-Zawislak, Mieszko M. Wilk, Piotr Piszczek, Justyna Krawczyk, Daria Wilczyńska, Daniela Hozbor

“…As a result, we are witnessing a considerable heterogeneity in pertussis vaccination policies, which remains beyond universal consensus. …”
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Vaccination rates and determinants of nine recommended vaccines among migrants in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Jun Wang, Jingmin Zhu, Yang Bai, Xueyao Wang, Yue Che, Jue Liu

“…In the past 70 years, in order to strengthen disease prevention and improve people’s health, China had introduced a series of vaccine policies. However, compared with the permanent population, studies on the vaccination situation of the migrants were lacking. …”
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The Uptake and Vaccination Willingness of COVID-19 Vaccine among Chinese Residents: Web-Based Online Cross-Sectional Study by Yi Kong, Hao Jiang, Zhisheng Liu, Yi Guo, Dehua Hu

“…Over 80% of the vaccinated population have completed all the injections because of supporting the national vaccination policies of China, while the unvaccinated population (23.91%) is mainly due to personal health status. …”
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Would Parents Get Their Children Vaccinated Against SARS-CoV-2? Rate and Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy According to a Survey over 5000 Families from Bologna, Italy by Marco Montalti, Flavia Rallo, Federica Guaraldi, Lapo Bartoli, Giulia Po, Michela Stillo, Paola Perrone, Lorena Squillace, Laura Dallolio, Paolo Pandolfi, Davide Resi, Maria Pia Fantini, Chiara Reno, Davide Gori

“…Highest vaccine hesitancy rates were detected in female parents/guardians of children aged 6–10 years, ≤29 years old, with low educational level, relying on information found in the web/social media, and disliking mandatory vaccination policies. Although preliminary, these data could help in designing target strategies to implement adherence to a vaccination campaign, with special regard to web-based information.…”
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Heterogeneous SARS-CoV-2 humoral response after COVID-19 vaccination and/or infection in the general population by Fabrice Carrat, Paola Mariela Saba Villarroel, Nathanael Lapidus, Toscane Fourié, Hélène Blanché, Céline Dorival, Jérôme Nicol, Jean-François Deleuze, Olivier Robineau, SAPRIS-SERO Study Group

“…Abstract Assessment of the intensity, dynamics and determinants of the antibody response after SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination in the general population is critical to guide vaccination policies. This study characterized the anti-spike IgG titers in 13,971 participants included in a French multicohort population-based serological survey on COVID-19 between April and October 2020 and followed-up with serological testing between May and October 2021. …”
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The Epidemiology of Chickenpox in England, 2016–2022: An Observational Study Using General Practitioner Consultations by Megan Bardsley, Paul Loveridge, Natalia G. Bednarska, Sue Smith, Roger A. Morbey, Gayatri Amirthalingam, William H. Elson, Chris Bates, Simon de Lusignan, Daniel Todkill, Alex J. Elliot

“…It is therefore important to understand the ongoing burden of VZV in the community to inform vaccine policy decisions. General practitioner (GP) chickenpox consultations were studied from 1 September 2016 to 9 December 2022. …”
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Organisational and Structural Drivers of Childhood Immunisation in the European Region: A Systematic Review by Ronan Lemwel Valdecantos, Raffaele Palladino, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Emma Montella, Maria Triassi, Antonio Nardone

“…A range of interventions studied in primary healthcare settings has been revealed to improve vaccination coverage rates including parental engagement and personalization, mandatory vaccination policies, program redesign, supply chain design, administering multiple/combination vaccines, improved vaccination timing and intervals, parental education and reminders, surveillance tools and Supplemental Immunisation Activity (SIA), and information model.…”
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Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Is Not Associated with Influenza Vaccination in the Elderly by Hankil Lee, Hye-Young Kang, Sun-Young Jung, Young-Mock Lee

“…These results will contribute to developing an evidence-based vaccine policy that includes a clear causality assessment of adverse events.…”
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Level of understanding on the concept of vaccination and practices among bentong residents / Maryam Hanisah Abdul Jalil by Abdul Jalil, Maryam Hanisah

“…Majority of contemporary fuqaha permit the practices of vaccination based on their ijtihad to provide maslahah among the society. Vaccination policies can be strengthening by government through enforcement of vaccination to increase herd immunity and provide protection from infectious diseases. …”
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Sero-prevalence surveillance to predict vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks; a lesson from the 2014 measles epidemic in Northern Vietnam by Choisy, M, Trinh, S, Nguyen, T, Nguyen, T, Mai, Q, Pham, Q, Tran, N, Dang, D, Horby, P, Boni, M, Bryant, J, Lewycka, S, Nadjm, B, Van Doorn, H, Wertheim, H

“…<br/><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study presents a strong case in favor of a serosurveillance sentinel network that could be used to proactively tune vaccination policies and other public health interventions.…”

Immunisation coverage of adults: a vaccination counselling campaign in the pharmacies in Switzerland by Fabio Valeri, Christoph Hatz, Dominique Jordan, Claudine Leuthold, Astrid Czock, Phung Lang

“…An established method to determine vaccination coverage for the general population could provide invaluable insights into the effects of changes in vaccination policies and disease outbreaks. …”
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