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Region: Asia
Total results with these characteristics: 144
- Protecting Children for a Healthy Tomorrow: Lessons From the Andhra Pradesh Partnership Project on Immunization
This publication outlines the activities undertaken in the five-year Partnership Project on Immunization by the Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh and PATH to strengthen routine immunization by introduction of the hepatitis B vaccine in …
Author: PATH; Government of Andhra Pradesh, India
Published: 2006
- Protecting India's Children from Japanese Encephalitis
This fact sheet provides information about the partnerships and commitments that helped the Government of India introduce a landmark strategy to vaccinate children at highest risk. Campaigns in 2006 reached more than 9 million, and the target …
Author: PATH
Published: 2007
- Protecting Newborns From Hepatitis B in Vietnam: Expanding Coverage of the Hepatitis B Vaccine Birth Dose
This fact sheet describes PATH's project to increase the coverage and timeliness of hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Vietnam.
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Protection Against Japanese Encephalitis by Inactivated Vaccines
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, this evaluation of two doses of monovalent and bivalent inactivated mouse brain-derived JE vaccines in a northern Thai province found a combined rate of 91% efficacy. ABSTRACT ONLY. (Learn how users …
Author: Hoke C, Nisalak A, Sangawhipa N, et al.
Published: 1988
- Protection of SA 14-14-2 Live Attenuated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Against the Wild-Type JE Viruses
Published in the Chinese Medical Journal, this study found the SA 14-14-2 vaccine to be broadly immunogenic and protective against several strains of JE endemic to Asia.
Author: Jia L, Wang Z, Yu Y
Published: 2003
- PubMed Searches: Cervical Cancer and HPV
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts on cervical cancer and human papillomavirus, as well as specifically for Africa and Asia. Documents may be ordered through Loansome Doc if you have …
Author: Various
- PubMed Searches: ETEC and Shigella
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address relevant issues related to ETEC and Shigella. Documents may be ordered through Loansome Doc if you have established an agreement with a …
Author: Various
- PubMed Searches: Hepatitis B
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address disease burden, vaccine efficacy and benefits, model programs and cost issues in Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Documents may be …
Author: Various
- PubMed Searches: Hib
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address disease burden, vaccine efficacy and benefits, model programs and cost issues in Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Documents may be …
Author: Various
- PubMed Searches: Pneumococcal Disease
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address disease burden, vaccine efficacy and benefits, model programs and cost issues in Asian, African, and Latin American countries. Documents …
Author: Various
- PubMed Searches: Rotavirus
These pre-formatted PubMed searches will retrieve journal citations and available abstracts that address relevant issues related to rotavirus. Documents may be ordered through Loansome Doc if you have established an agreement with a participating …
Author: Various
- Rapid Assessment of Perceptions, Knowledge, and Practices Related to Immunization Injection Safety in Nepal
This eye-opening report gives an in-depth look at immunization practices and concerns among immunization providers and managers in Nepal. The report shows that despite adequate training and supply of vaccines, availability of proper disposal …
Author: PATH and the General Welfare Pratisthan
Published: 2001
- The Rationale for Integrated Childhood Meningoencephalitis Surveillance: A Case Study From Cambodia
This paper, published in The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, provides an example of development of an integrated meningoencephalitis surveillance system in Cambodia and, on the basis of this case study, presents the rationale …
Author: Touch S, Grundy J, Hills S, et al.
Published: 2009
- Report on "Consultative Meeting on Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Prevention and Control"
The Consultative Meeting on JE Prevention and Control was convened by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 12. This official meeting record includes participants, objectives, and …
Author: Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research
Published: 2009
- Report on the Japanese Encephalitis Disability Assessment
The burden of disability among JE survivors has been a neglected area of study. This assessment, performed by the Government of Cambodia in partnership with PATH, found one in four children infected with JE either died or suffered severe sequelae …
Author: Cambodian Ministry of Health
Published: 2008
- Results From a Survey of Immunization Stakeholders in Vietnam Regarding the Presentation, Packaging, and Distribution of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines
This report summarizes results from a survey which obtained input from stakeholders within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Vietnam about issues and perceptions related to the storage, distribution, and delivery of the current and potential …
Author: PATH, World Health Organization
Published: 2009
- Rotavirus Disease and Vaccines in Asia
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Asia. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in Asian children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the …
Author: PATH
Published: 2012
- Rotavirus Disease in Young Children From Hanoi, Vietnam
Researchers concluded that rotavirus contributed significantly to the number of acute diarrhea cases of hospitalized children and that implementing routine vaccination may be warranted. This article was published in Pediatric Infectious Disease …
Author: Bodhidatta L, Lan NT, Hien BT, et al.
Published: 2007
- Rotavirus Epidemiology: The Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network
This article, published in the journal Vaccine, summarizes the activities of the Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network, including disease burden data collection and economic cost-effectiveness studies.
Author: Nelson EAS, Bresee JS, Parashar UD, Widdowson M-A, Glass RI
Published: 2008
- Rotavirus in Asia: Updates on Disease Burden, Genotypes, and Vaccine Introduction
This special edition of the journal Vaccine broadens understanding of rotavirus disease burden, which is responsible for almost half of acute diarrhea hospitalizations among Asian children under five. In addition to documenting rotavirus …
Author: Nelson AS, Widdowson MA, Kilgore PE, Steele D, Parashar U, eds.
Published: 2009
- Rotavirus Infection Among Infants and Young Children in Chennai, South India
This study, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, identified prominent rotavirus strains in South India.
Author: Saravanan P, Ananthan S, Ananthasubramanian M
Published: 2004
- Rotavirus Vaccination for Hong Kong Children: An Economic Evaluation From the Hong Kong Government Perspective
This article, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, discusses an economic analysis of government-funded universal rotavirus vaccination in Hong Kong from the government's perspective. The study concludes that based on 2002 …
Author: Ho AM, Nelson EA, Walker DG
Published: 2008
- Safety, Immunogenicity, and Antibody Persistence of a New Meningococcal Group A Conjugate Vaccine in Healthy Indian Adults
This article, published in the journal Vaccine, discusses a double-blind, randomized, controlled Phase 1 study in India to assess safety, immunogenicity, and antibody persistence of the new meningococcal group A conjugate vaccine (PsA-TT) …
Author: Kshirsagar N, Mur N, Thatte U, et al.
Published: 2007
- Sample Injection Safety Leaflets for Health Care Providers
Two safe injection leaflets were prepared by the Ministry of Health in Mongolia in collaboration with SIGN. One provides a guide to giving safe injections. The other provides guidelines for preventing needlestick injuries.
Author: Mongolia Ministry of Health
Published: 2001
- Shadow Lives: The Human Toll of Japanese Encephalitis
Children who survive JE infection must come to grips with the human and socioeconomic consequences of the disease. Produced in collaboration with the JE Project, Shadow Lives—The Human Toll of Japanese Encephalitis, introduces us to families …
Author: PATH
Published: 2006

