Sentence examples for expanded program for immunization from inspiring English sources
Pakistan has wide BCG vaccination coverage at birth (>70%) through the expanded program for immunization (EPI) [7] and a high prevalence of TST+ in the non exposed community control group may be due to either previous BCG vaccination [8] or booster effects with environmental mycobacteria [9].
Pakistan has wide BCG vaccination coverage at birth (>70%) through the expanded program for immunization (EPI) [7] and the high prevalence of TST+ in the community may be due to either previous BCG vaccination [8] or booster effects with environmental mycobacteria [9].
In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that all countries introduce rotavirus vaccination into national expanded program for immunization to control severe rotavirus disease [ 10].
Eligible children were 12 weeks (i.e. 2 weeks after the second scheduled Expanded Program for Immunization visit) to 23 months of age who presented with AGE, as these children are eligible to have received pentavalent vaccine.
To describe the Health service coverage, Antenatal care (ANC), Skilled birth attendance (SBA), Postnatal care (PNC), Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR), Expanded Program for Immunization coverage (EPI), and Potential Health Service coverage from the government facilities (PHS) were used.
To accelerate progress in achieving MDG four and five, in 2007 the Ministry of Health (MoH) established a Maternal and Child health - Expanded Program for Immunization Technical Working Group (MCH-EPI TWG) and developed the "Strategy and Planning Framework of Implementation of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health MNCH Serviceses in Lao PDR, 2009-2015" [ 4].
In addition, evidence from the routine childhood expanded program for immunizations and recent nationwide vaccine campaigns in Haiti has demonstrated varying ranges of coverage.
Therefore, we highlight coverage scenarios (Table 3) in our model that we believe could be realistically achieved based on Haiti's recent experience with routine expanded program for immunizations and vaccine campaigns.
It is hoped that this lowering trend of hepatitis B infection will be more pronounced in the future in the younger age group in particular because of introduction of universal HBV vaccination for neonates through expanded program of immunization with the assistance of Global alliance for vaccines and immunization (GAVI) [ 16].
Recently, Pakistan initiated universal HBV vaccination for neonates through its expanded program of immunization with the assistance of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization [ 2].
