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Home-based record of El Salvador: For premature or low birth weight babies
BACKGROUND:
Recent outbreaks of measles in the Americas have received news and popular attention, noting the importance of vaccination to population health. To estimate the potential increase in...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract: Rotavirus vaccine was introduced in El Salvador in 2006 and is recommended to be given concomitantly with DTP-HepB-Haemophilus influenzae type b...
Vaccination coverage surveys - Publication abstract: While assessing immunization programmes, not only vaccination coverage is important, but also timely receipt of vaccines. We estimated both...
Rotavirus disease is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality related to diarrhea in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where an estimated 8,000 deaths related to rotavirus diarrhea...
With the recent postlicensure identification of an increased risk of intussusception with rotavirus vaccine, the 14 Latin American countries currently using rotavirus vaccine must now weigh the...
While assessing immunization programmes- not only vaccination coverage is important- but also timely receipt of vaccines. We estimated both vaccination coverage and timeliness- as well as reasons for...
Rotavirus vaccine was introduced in El Salvador in 2006 and is recommended to be given concomitantly
with DTP–HepB–Haemophilus influenzae type b (pentavalent) vaccine at ages 2 months (upper age...