Unlike its neighbors, Colombia has not put in place stringent immigration requirements for Venezuelan migrants, instead encouraging those who entered the country informally to register with authorities so they can access healthcare, school places and other social services. Colombia is ...
In the Americas, countries that are now considered “at risk” and for which yellow fever vaccinations are required are: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally, countries in Africa were added though th...
The adolescent population is known for non-optimal compliance when it comes to completing scheduled vaccinations [64]. In response, some countries have successfully implemented school-based vaccination programs or mandatory school and/or college entry requirements. Particularly in countries that do not (...
The capacity to respond to hepatitis Bvaccinationis dependent on the intensity of therapy. Minimal requirements for these patients are double amounts of antigen for age and schedules comprising four to five doses. When these are met, only 35% of patients on intense therapy achieve a protective ...
We focused on the policy category of “containment and closure,” which covers eight policies: school closings, workplace closings, cancelation of public events, restrictions on gathering sizes, cessation of public transportation, stay-at-home requirements, restrictions on internal movement, and ...
Vaccination requirements One of the main concerns of governments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has been to minimize the total number of infected individuals and to slow down the infection rate, not to overwhelm the health systems32. To achieve these aims, the governments immediately implemented no...
Data requirements for modelling As seen during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, challenges in finding and accessing data and its varying quality and coverage has underscored the need for a better data ecosystem for modelling needs in the future [95]. Despite this, modellers and the COVID-19 resp...
This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, Good Clinical Practice and applicable regulatory requirements. Adult participants provided written consent to participate in this study or to contribute samples to the Biobank, including agreement to the dep...
The British government has said it may tighten quarantine requirements for people arriving from abroad in an attempt to keep out other new variants discovered in South Africa and Brazil. Already travelers to Britain must self-isolate for 10 days, but enforcement is patchy. Authorities are considerin...
Walcott MPH, Florida International University, 1997 BA, University of South Florida, 1990 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Psychology Walden University May 2019 Abstract This purpose of this quantitative study was to examine health ...