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1Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Bale, Ethiopia;
2Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Bale, Ethiopia;
3Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Bale, Ethiopia
Background: Incomplete vaccination can put children at greater risk of acquiring vaccine-preventable diseases. In Ethiopia, vaccination coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases is still a significant and persistent public health challenge. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of incomplete childhood vaccination among children aged 12– 23 months in Gindhir District, Southeast Ethiopia.
Methods: A community-based unmatched case–control design was employed among children aged 12– 23 months from 1 to 28 February 2020. A total of 254 cases and 508 controls were included using the stratified random sampling techni
By: Times News Service
Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by the Directorate General of Primary Health Care (DGPHC) organized recently a virtual workshop on primary healthcare (PHC) practices amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The workshop was held in conjunction with World Health Day, which came under the theme Building a fairer, healthier world so that anyone can access the health services.
The workshop aimed to develop the appropriate mechanisms for follow-up and assessment in order to circulate them to all health institutions in both the government and private sectors.
H.E. Dr. Jean Jabbour, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Office in the Sultanate indicated that the PHC is the main pillar of the health system as it is the key entrance to health coverage. He stressed that the Sultanate has worked within the last five decades to spread health services across the Sultanate. At the same time, the Sultanate focused on supporting the PHC components b
Cameroon receives 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from China
Thursday April 15 2021
Summary
More than 500 accredited vaccination centres have already been created across the country, according to vaccination agency, the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).
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Cameroon has received a donation of 200,000 doses of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, after it suspended the approval of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines over safety concerns.
The AstraZeneca vaccines are being distributed under the World Health Organization-backed Covax initiative, but there have been several reports linking it to rare cases of blood clots.
Cameroon’s Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute received the vaccines from Chinese Ambassador Wang Yingwu on Sunday night after a special Air France flight delivered the first consignment at the Yaoundé-Nsimalen International Airport.
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