Assumptions were: a 4-dose vaccination schedule, 97% coverage, 90% effectiveness, 66% strain coverage, protection starting at 4 months of age and lasting 10 years, no herd effect and vaccine cost of $Can75/dose. The menB vaccination programme was estimated to gain 10 QALYs over a life...
The article reports on the increase in the coverage rate for all but one recommended vaccination schedule for children aged 19 to 35 months in the U.S. in 2007. Varicella vaccine coverage increased to about 90 percent, while diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine only had an 84....
Ontario Canada “informed consent” mandatory program [16]. These ethical arguments concerning mandatory immunization all assume that it is being applied to address low uptake rates due to vaccine refusers. Low uptake may be due to other reasons such as barriers to access; especially in middle-...
Pneumococcal vaccine. In: National Advisory Committee on Immunization. Canadian immunization guide. 6th ed. Ottawa, Ontario: Health Canada; 2002:177-184. Cat. No. H49-8/2000E. Disponible sur le site: http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/H49-8-2002E.pdf. Page consult...
Enter obsessive-compulsion. That would appear, a decade later, after the Swine flu vaccine and its subsequent panel of allergic reactions. Dad had expressed symptoms of OCD. But, we’d hardly given them a serious nod; his need to check the door lock five or six times, well, that was ju...