For example, an evaluation of house-to-house versus fixed-site oral polio vaccine delivery strategies in a mass immunisation campaign in Egypt included the costs of physicians, nurses, hygienists, clerks and drivers, in addition to community workers, with differences in personnel costs not only linked to fixed-site versus house-visit, but also linked to urban versus rural areas [ 30].
Mass immunisation campaigns in developing countries depend on the regular mobilisation of many thousands of volunteers – some of them health workers, some community activists and some who come along out of goodwill or a small incentive payment.
Novel serogroup B meningococcal vaccines are currently in late stage development and may be used in mass immunisation campaigns over the coming years.
They have potential advantages over needles and syringes in mass immunisation programs, but concerns over their capacity to transfer blood-borne viruses have been a barrier to acceptance.
Mass immunisation programmes are frequently used in protecting the population from infectious diseases.
Table 4 shows the predicted number of first time coincident outcomes expected to be temporally associated with a vaccine dose by chance alone in a hypothetical mass immunisation campaign of 1 000 000 vaccine recipients younger than 18 years.
A mass immunisation programme is set to help thousands of children in the Philippines at risk from the effects of Typhoon Haiyan.
AFP Uzbekistan to start nationwide anti-polio drive 11 May, 2010 - TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan will start mass immunisation against polio this month after an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring Tajikistan, officials in the Central Asian state said Monday.
Let peace reign in Uganda for at least the duration of the mass immunisation activities so that the children can be saved", the two Representatives urge.
UNICEF, WHO call for Uganda cease-fire for mass immunisation against measles KAMPALA, 7 October 2003 - The Country Representatives of UNICEF and of WHO in Uganda appeal to all belligerents in Uganda to cease all hostilities between 14th and 21st October to allow for the mass immunisation of children against measles.
