NAIROBI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to boost its livestock vaccination rates in order to boost exports, a government official said on Monday. Kiza Juma Ngeiywa, the Director of Veterinary services told journalists in Nairobi that Kenya has been banned from exporting livestock products to ...
Low COVID-19 vaccination rates and hesitancy even when the vaccines are accessible and free in Kenya cannot be ignored. The current COVID-19 vaccination prioritisation schedule (distinct from the usual structure where children, childbearing women are prioritised) and beliefs that older people are ...
Last October, Modernasaidit would shell out $500 million to build a “state-of-the-art” mRNA facility inKenyato produce up to 500 million vaccine doses a year. At the time, the company aimed to get the plant operational and ready to fill doses in Africa by 2023. Related BioN...
Influenza is a major year-round cause of respiratory illness in Kenya, particularly in children under 5. Current influenza vaccines result in short-term, strain-specific immunity and were found in a previous study not to be cost-effective in Kenya. However, next-generation vaccines are in develo...
[6]. Polio and measles vaccinations in these settlements were substantially lower than coverage in Nairobi, but slightly higher than that in the rural areas of Kenya, despite the overall immunization coverage being lower than in the rural areas [6]. Lower immunization coverage rates have also ...
Impact, cost-effectiveness, and budget implications of HPV vaccination in Kenya: A modelling study 2023 The Author(s)Background: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of cervical cancer cases and deaths worldwide. Kenya introduced a quadrivalent HPV va... V Mwenda,R Jalang'O,Miano C.Bor ...
Immune response to hepatitis B virus vaccination among HIV-1 infected and uninfected adults in Kenya. J Infect Dis. 2013; 207 (3):402–10. doi: ... I Elizabeth,M Nelly,N Kenneth,... - 《Journal of Infectious Diseases》 被引量: 40发表: 2013年 High rates of serological response to ...
To further improve its immunization program, Timor Leste began a two-year “twinning” program with Sri Lanka in 2017 to learn from the Sri Lanka immunization program, which has one of the best immunization coverage rates in Southeast Asia [11], [12]. Despite big improvements in immunization ...
Vulnerable populations with low acceptance rates include pregnant or breastfeeding women, Black people, and those with low socioeconomic status. Our findings highlight differences in vaccine acceptance between different populations, and suggest the need to carefully monitor and improve vaccine acceptance ...
A qualitative study on vaccine hesitancy among pregnant women by Limaye and colleagues in Kenya identified fears that vaccination against COVID-19 could harm the baby or cause infertility as a barrier to vaccination acceptance; however, participants in that study seemed aware of the heightened risk...