Displaced populations due to humanitarian emergencies and its impact on global eradication and elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases

Populations affected by humanitarian emergencies may require unique strategies to ensure access to life-saving vaccines and attain sufficiently high population immunity to interrupt virus circulation. Vaccination strategies among displaced populations should not be an afterthought and must be part o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lam, Eugene, Diaz, Michael, Maina, Allen Gidraf Kahindo, Brennan, Muireann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Letter to Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5129240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-016-0094-5
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Sumario:Populations affected by humanitarian emergencies may require unique strategies to ensure access to life-saving vaccines and attain sufficiently high population immunity to interrupt virus circulation. Vaccination strategies among displaced populations should not be an afterthought and must be part of the vaccine-preventable disease eradication and elimination initiatives from the start.

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