National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China [to 08 Jan 2022]

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National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://en.nhc.gov.cn/
News
Jan 8: Daily briefing on novel coronavirus cases in China
On Jan 7, 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 159 new cases of confirmed infections.

Over 7 mln vaccine doses administered in SW China’s Tibet
2022-01-07

National Medical Products Administration – PRC [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://english.nmpa.gov.cn/
News
Over 2.87b COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland
2022-01-07
Over 2.87 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday, data from the National Health Commission showed on Jan 6.

Chinese mainland reports 116 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
2022-01-07
The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 116 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Jan 7.

CCDC Weekly Reports: Current Volume (4)
2022-01-07 / No. 1
View  PDF of this issue
:: Outbreak Reports: A H9N2 Human Case and Surveillance of Avian Influenza Viruses in Live Poultry Markets — Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China, 2021
:: Outbreak Reports: Three Cases Infected with Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Virus — Chongqing Municipality, China, January–September, 2021

Organization Announcements

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Organization Announcements
Editor’s Note:
Careful readers will note that the number and range of organizations now monitored in our Announcements section below has grown as the impacts of the pandemic have spread across global economies, supply chains and programmatic activity of multilateral agencies and INGOs.

 
 

Airfinity
https://www.airfinity.com/insights
INSIGHTS & COMPANY NEWS
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://alleninstitute.org/news-press/
News
New technique sorts out what different kinds of neurons do in the brain
January 7, 2022
Study pinpoints a mouse neuron’s role in sensing touch
 
 
BARDA – U.S. Department of HHS [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Pages/default.aspx
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
BMGF – Gates Foundation [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center
Press Releases and Statements
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.gatesmri.org/
The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute is a non-profit biotech organization. Our mission is to develop products to fight malaria, tuberculosis, and diarrheal diseases—three major causes of mortality, poverty, and inequality in developing countries. The world has unprecedented scientific tools at its disposal; now is the time to use them to save the lives of the world’s poorest people
No new digest content identified.
 
 
CARB-X [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://carb-x.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy – GE2P2 Global Foundation [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.net/
News/Analysis/Statements
:: Past weekly editions and posting of all segments of Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review are available here.
:: Informed Consent: A Monthly Review – January 2022 is now posted here
 
 
CEPI – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://cepi.net/
Latest News
Reflections on 2021 from CEPI CEO Dr Richard Hatchett
21 Dec 2021
By Dr. Richard Hatchett
CEPI CEO Dr Richard Hatchett offers his personal reflections on the events of the past year, and looks to the challenges ahead as the world responds to Omicron and prepares for the threat of future pandemics.
[See Perspectives above for excerpts]
 
 
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [U.S.] [to 08 Jan 2022
https://www.darpa.mil/news
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Duke Global Health Innovation Center [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://dukeghic.org/
Our Blog
No new digest content identified.
 
 
EDCTP [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.edctp.org/
The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) aims to accelerate the development of new or improved drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as well as other poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on phase II and III clinical trials
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Emory Vaccine Center [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.vaccines.emory.edu/
Vaccine Center News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
European Vaccine Initiative [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.euvaccine.eu/
Latest News, Events
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Fondation Merieux [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.fondation-merieux.org/
News, Events
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Gavi [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.gavi.org/
News Releases
COVAX awarded 2021 North-South Prize for enhancing global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
Geneva, 21 December 2021 – The COVAX Facility has been awarded the 2021 North-South Prize of the Council of Europe in recognition of its efforts to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are available worldwide, including in low-income countries, and for striving for a more equitable world to protect people’s lives.
…The North-South Prize of the Council of Europe is awarded each year to two nominees, one from the North and one from the South, for their exceptional commitment to promoting North-South solidarity…

GHIT Fund [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.ghitfund.org/newsroom/press
GHIT was set up in 2012 with the aim of developing new tools to tackle infectious diseases that
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Global Fund [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/
News & Stories
News
Global Fund Praises Norway’s Leadership in Global Fight Against COVID-19
22 December 2021
The Global Fund praises Norway’s leadership in the global fight against COVID-19 after its decision to allocate NOK 440 million (US$49.1 million) to the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM). This new contribution, which is on top of the …

News
Global Fund Applauds Luxembourg’s Contribution to the COVID-19 Response Mechanism
21 December 2021
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria applauds the decision by Luxembourg to contribute €2 million to the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism.
 
 
Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness [GloPID-R] [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.glopid-r.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Hilleman Laboratories [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.hillemanlabs.org/
News & Insights
No new digest content identified.
 
 
HHMI – Howard Hughes Medical Institute [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.hhmi.org/news
Press Room
Research Jan 6 2022
Cystic Fibrosis Drugs Can Be ‘Life-Changing’ For Patients. New Images Reveal How These Molecules Work
A mutated protein causes the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. Now, researchers have solved the structure of the protein and how certain drugs bind to it, unveiling their mode of action.
 
 
Human Vaccines Project [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.humanvaccinesproject.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
IAVI [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.iavi.org/newsroom
Latest News
FEATURES
January 5, 2022
IAVI remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The archbishop advocated for the human rights of people living with HIV and tuberculosis
 
 

International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities [ICMRA]
http://www.icmra.info/drupal/en/news
Selected Statements, Press Releases, Research
No new digest content identified.
 
 
ICRC [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new
Selected News Releases, Statements, Reports
Egypt: ICRC donates protective equipment to health ministry to support fight against COVID-19
The ICRC donation, worth 1 million Egyptian pounds, includes FFP2/N95 masks, protective coveralls, examination gloves, surgical gloves, body bags, and non-touch thermometers.The PPE will be sent to the health facilities in the governorates of Ismailia and North Sinai. This comes as part of the continued cooperation between the ICRC and the health ministry to support the
20-12-2021 | News release

 
 

IFFIm
http://www.iffim.org/
Press Releases/Announcements
No new digest content identified.
 
 
IFRC [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/news/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
Philippines: Mounting health crisis after super typhoon
06/01/2022 | Press release
 
 
Institut Pasteur [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/press-area
Press Documents
Press release 23.12.2021
COVID-19 – Omicron: resistant to most monoclonal antibodies but neutralized by a booster dose
The Omicron variant was detected for the first time in South Africa in November 2021 and has since spread to many…
 
 
IOM / International Organization for Migration [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.iom.int/press-room/press-releases
News – Selected
News 21 Dec 2021
Global Diaspora Week: Maximizing Diaspora Contributions in Development

News 21 Dec 2021
Returning Female Migrants Face More Reintegration Challenges than Men: IOM Study
 
 
ISC / International Science Council [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://council.science/current/
ISC is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together 40 international scientific Unions and Associations and over 140 national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils.
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
IVAC [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/ivac/index.html
Updates; Events
No new digest content identified.
 
 
IVI [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.ivi.int/
IVI News & Announcements
2021 Year in Review
[Undated]

 
 

IVI and Mozambique’s INS launch mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccine study
:: Study will assess the safety and immunogenicity of a heterologous regimen of two approved COVID-19 vaccines in adults
:: Aims to mitigate vaccine shortages and support flexible immunization programs
December 20, 2021
 
 
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/news/center-news/
Center News
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security’s COVID-19 Testing Toolkit Expands in Second Year
December 21, 2021
 
 
MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.msf.org/
Latest [Selected Announcements]
South Sudan
Hundreds of thousands of people in dire conditions months after floods
Project Update 7 Jan 2022

Chad
“If the rain abandons us again, we don’t know what we will do”
Project Update 6 Jan 2022

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move
MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people
Press Release 6 Jan 2022

Chad
Tens of thousands of people flee Cameroon as violence spreads
Project Update 4 Jan 2022
 
 
National Academy of Medicine – USA [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://nam.edu/programs/
Selected News/Programs/Events
No new digest content identified.
 
 
National Academy of Sciences – USA [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
National Vaccine Program Office – U.S. HHS [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/about/index.html
Upcoming Meetings/Latest Updates
National Vaccine Advisory Committee [NVAC] 2022 Meetings
February 10-11, 2022
 
 
NIH [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases
News Releases
COVID-19 vaccination associated with a small, temporary increase in menstrual cycle length, suggests NIH-funded study
January 6, 2022 — The authors noted that menstrual cycles typically vary a small amount from month to month.

 
 

NIH celebrates FDA approval of long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention
December 21, 2021 — Approval marks pivotal expansion of HIV prevention options in the United States.
 
 
OECD [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
Newsroom
No new digest content identified.
 
 
PATH [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.path.org/media-center/
Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Sabin Vaccine Institute [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases
Statements and Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
 
 
UNAIDS [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.unaids.org/en
Selected Press Releases/Reports/Statements
6 January 2022
New indicators added to Key Populations Atlas
The UNAIDS Key Populations Atlas is an online tool that provides a range of information about members of key populations—sex workers, gay men and other men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, transgender people and prisoners—worldwide, together with information about people living with HIV.
Information about gay men and other men who have sex with men has been expanded with the inclusion of 11 new indicators from the EMIS and LAMIS projects. Under funding from the European Commission, EMIS-2017 collected data from gay men and other men who have sex with men in 50 countries between October 2017 and January 2018. LAMIS is the Latin American version of EMIS and finished data collection across 18 additional countries in May 2018.
The 11 new indicators shown in the Key Population Atlas—on syphilis, symptomatic syphilis, gonorrhoea, symptomatic gonorrhoea, chlamydia, symptomatic chlamydia, sexually transmitted infections testing, syphilis partner notification, gonorrhoea partner notification and hepatitis A and B vaccination—were chosen because of their high relevance to the communities…

UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/media-centre.htmlS
Selected News Releases, Announcements
Pakistan concludes ‘drive’ to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees
4 Jan 2022

UNICEF [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.unicef.org/media/press-releases
Press Releases, News Notes, Statements [Selected]
Press release
12/31/2021
Grave violations of children’s rights in conflict on the rise around the world, warns UNICEF
Less than half of parties to conflict globally have committed to protect children
 
 
Unitaid [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://unitaid.org/
Featured News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
USAID [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/2021
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Announcements
Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. John Nkengasong
January 4, 2022
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Dr. John Nkengasong, the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). They discussed the recently announced whole-of-government effort, the Initiative for Global Vaccine Access (Global VAX), to accelerate global efforts to turn COVID-19 vaccines into vaccinations through expanded vaccine readiness, delivery support, and enhanced coordination. Dr. Nkengasong provided his perspective on the country capacity and political will needed to significantly ramp up vaccine access and delivery across the African continent. The Administrator and Dr. Nkengasong agreed on the importance of close collaboration between the U.S. government and the Africa CDC in achieving Global VAX goals.

Administrator Samantha Power at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator to the Bureau for Global Health
January 4, 2022
In addition to his focus on strengthening health systems, Atul will lead efforts to prevent needless child and maternal deaths, respond to infectious disease threats and expand our family planning programming to better address the health and rights of women and girls. And critically, Atul will bring his characteristic mentorship and empathy to the nine offices of the Global Health Bureau as they work to spread health equity around the world.
 
 
Vaccine Equity Cooperative [nee Initiative] [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://vaccineequitycooperative.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Vaccination Acceptance & Demand Initiative [Sabin) [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.vaccineacceptance.org/
Announcements
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Vaccine Confidence Project [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.vaccineconfidence.org/
News, Research and Reports
No new digest content identified.
 
 
Vaccine Education Center – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center
News
TWiV 844: Paul Offit on children, COVID, and boosters
December 19, 2021
Paul Offit returns to TWiV to discuss new CDC guidance on J&J vaccine, why children should be immunized against COVID-19, and whether or not booster doses are scientifically justified.
 
 
Wellcome Trust [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://wellcome.ac.uk/news
News. Opinion, Reports
No new digest content identified.
 
 
The Wistar Institute [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.wistar.org/news/press-releases
Press Releases
Jan. 5, 2022
Wistar and Stanford Medicine to Begin Phase 2 Clinical Trial of VK-2019 in Patients with Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Positive Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate novel anticancer drug candidate.
 
 
WFPHA: World Federation of Public Health Associations [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.wfpha.org/
Latest News – Blog
Public Health Leadership Coalition: A Call to Action
Dec 20, 2021
Global challenges can only be overcome through global efforts and the adoption of appropriate global approaches to address health threats at the animal, human, and environmental interfaces.
Global public health leaders, working within the framework of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, have called for actions to promote equity, public health leadership and global coordination to address pressing global health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and other health threats.
 
 
World Bank [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
Selected News, Announcements
World Bank Prices First CAD Sustainable Development Bond of 2022 and Highlights Health and COVID-19 Response Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2022 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced a new 5-year CAD 1.5 billion benchmark that matures on January 19…
Date: January 06, 2022 Type: Press Release

World Bank Supports Burundi’s Response to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2021 – The World Bank Group approved today US$60 million in additional funding for the COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project in Burundi to help the Government prevent, detect…
Date: December 22, 2021 Type: Press Release

World Bank’s Operational Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in East Asia and the Pacific
The World Bank Group is taking broad, fast action to help developing countries strengthen their pandemic response, increase disease surveillance, improve public health interventions, and help the private…
Date: December 22, 2021 Type: Brief

Joint Statement of the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on Scaling Covid-19 Tools, December 17, 2021: “From Vaccines to Vaccinations”
Washington, December 22, 2021 — The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization held high-level consultations with…
Date: December 22, 2021 Type: Statement
[See Perspectives above for detail]
 
 
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.oie.int/en/media/news/
Press Releases, Statements
No new digest content identified.
 
 
WTO – World Trade Organisation [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm
WTO News and Events
International organizations discuss how to improve access to COVID vaccines, countermeasures
22 December 2021
The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held on 17 December high-level consultations with UNICEF and Gavi aimed at increasing access to COVID-19-related vaccines and other critical medical countermeasures in low— and lower-middle-income countries. The four agency heads — Kristalina Georgieva (IMF), David Malpass (World Bank), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO) and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (WTO) — issued a joint statement on behalf of the Multilateral Leaders Task Force.
[See Perspectives above for detail]

 

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ARM [Alliance for Regenerative Medicine] [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://alliancerm.org/press-releases/
Selected Press Releases
No new digest content identified.
 
 
BIO [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.bio.org/press-releases
Press Releases, Letters, Testimony, Comments [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
 
 
DCVMN – Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.dcvmn.org/
News; Upcoming events
No new digest content identified.
 
 
ICBA – International Council of Biotechnology Associations [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://internationalbiotech.org/news/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
IFPMA [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.ifpma.org/resources/news-releases/
Selected Press Releases, Statements, Publications
No new digest content identified.

 

International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association [IGBA]
https://www.igbamedicines.org/
News
No new digest content identified.
 
 
International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations – IAPO [to 08 Jan 2022]
https://www.iapo.org.uk/news/topic/6
Press and media [Selected]
No new digest content identified.
 
 
PhRMA [to 08 Jan 2022]
http://www.phrma.org/
Latest News [Selected]
No new digest content identified.

Journal Watch

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Journal Watch
Vaccines and Global Health: The Week in Review continues its weekly scanning of key peer-reviewed journals to identify and cite articles, commentary and editorials, books reviews and other content supporting our focu-s on vaccine ethics and policy. Journal Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues the Center is actively tracking. We selectively provide full text of some editorial and comment articles that are specifically relevant to our work. Successful access to some of the links provided may require subscription or other access arrangement unique to the publisher.
If you would like to suggest other journal titles to include in this service, please contact David Curry at: david.r.curry@centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.org

Estimating pediatric cases of COVID-19 over time in the United States: Filling in a gap in public use data

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American Journal of Infection Control
January 2022 Volume 50 Issue 1 p1-122
http://www.ajicjournal.org/current

 

Major Articles
Estimating pediatric cases of COVID-19 over time in the United States: Filling in a gap in public use data
Timothy L Wiemken, Samson L Niemotka, Jacob A Clarke, Christopher G Prener, Ana Santos Rutschman
Published online: October 27, 2021

Side effects of messenger RNA vaccines and prior history of COVID-19, a cross-sectional study

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American Journal of Infection Control
January 2022 Volume 50 Issue 1 p1-122
http://www.ajicjournal.org/current

 

Side effects of messenger RNA vaccines and prior history of COVID-19, a cross-sectional study
Renuka Ananth Kalyan Kadali, Ravali Janagama, Siva H. Yedlapati, …Hanumantha R. Jogu, Shailaja Racherla, Isha Shah
Published online: October 27, 2021
p8-14
Open Access

Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas, 2021

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American Journal of Public Health
January 2022 112(1)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/toc/ajph/current

 

NOTES FROM THE FIELD
Deployment of Health Equity Strike Teams to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities in Arkansas, 2021
Health Service Delivery, Immunization/Vaccines, Access to Care
Austin Porter, Samantha Wells, Chimfumnanya Smith, Namvar Zohoori, George Pro and Michelle R. Smith
112(1), pp. 29–33

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020

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Annals of Internal Medicine
December 2021 Volume 174, Issue 12
http://annals.org/aim/issue

 

Original Research
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020
FREE
Meredith S. Shiels, PhD, MHS, Anika T. Haque, MPH, Emily A. Haozous, PhD, RN, Paul S. Albert, PhD,
Pages:1693–1699

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020

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Annals of Internal Medicine
December 2021 Volume 174, Issue 12
http://annals.org/aim/issue

 

Original Research
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020
FREE
Meredith S. Shiels, PhD, MHS, Anika T. Haque, MPH, Emily A. Haozous, PhD, RN, Paul S. Albert, PhD,
Pages:1693–1699

Two decades of regional trends in vaccination completion and coverage among children aged 12-23 months: an analysis of the Uganda Demographic Health Survey data from 1995 to 2016

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BMC Health Services Research
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmchealthservres/content
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Two decades of regional trends in vaccination completion and coverage among children aged 12-23 months: an analysis of the Uganda Demographic Health Survey data from 1995 to 2016
Childhood vaccination is an important public health intervention but there is limited information on coverage, trends, and determinants of vaccination completion in Uganda at the regional level. We examined tr…
Authors: Gerald Okello, Jonathan Izudi, Immaculate Ampeire, Frehd Nghania, Carine Dochez and Niel Hens
Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:40
Content type: Research
Published on: 7 January 2022

Economic impact of switching from partially combined vaccine “Pentaxim® and hepatitis B” to fully combined vaccine “Hexaxim®” in the Malaysian National Immunization Program

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BMC Health Services Research
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmchealthservres/content
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Economic impact of switching from partially combined vaccine “Pentaxim® and hepatitis B” to fully combined vaccine “Hexaxim®” in the Malaysian National Immunization Program
The decision to implement new vaccines should be supported by public health and economic evaluations. Therefore, this study was primarily designed to evaluate the economic impact of switching from partially co…
Authors: Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Lama Al Bashir, Aniza Binti Ismail, Azimatun Noor Aizuddin, S. A. Zafirah Abdul Rashid and Amrizal Muhammad Nur
Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:34
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 January 2022

Poliovirus immunity among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional serosurvey

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BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Poliovirus immunity among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional serosurvey
Vaccination efforts to eradicate polio currently focus on children under 5 years of age, among whom most cases of poliomyelitis still occur. However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an outbreak …
Authors: Vivian H. Alfonso, Arie Voorman, Nicole A. Hoff, William C. Weldon, Sue Gerber, Adva Gadoth, Megan Halbrook, Amelia Goldsmith, Patrick Mukadi, Reena H. Doshi, Guillaume Ngoie-Mwamba, Trevon L. Fuller, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum and Anne W. Rimoin
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:30
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 January 2022

Immunisation status of children and adolescents with a new diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease

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BMC Infectious Diseases
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/content
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Immunisation status of children and adolescents with a new diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at increased risk of serious infections, including vaccine preventable diseases. Current evidence suggests uptake of additional recommended special risk vacci…
Authors: Timothy Ford, Margie Danchin, Alissa McMinn, Kirsten Perrett, George Alex and Nigel W. Crawford
Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:6
Content type: Research
Published on: 4 January 2022

A systematic approach to the disclosure of genomic findings in clinical practice and research: a proposed framework with colored matrix and decision-making pathways

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BMC Medical Ethics
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedethics/content
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

A systematic approach to the disclosure of genomic findings in clinical practice and research: a proposed framework with colored matrix and decision-making pathways
Whether and how to disclose genomic findings obtained in the course of genomic clinical practice and medical research has been a controversial global bioethical issue over the past two decades. Although severa…
Authors: Kenji Matsui, Keiichiro Yamamoto, Shimon Tashiro and Tomohide Ibuki
Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2021 22:168
Content type: Research
Published on: 25 December 2021

Predicting human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in men who have sex with men the influence of vaccine price and receiving an HPV diagnosis

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Predicting human papillomavirus vaccine uptake in men who have sex with men the influence of vaccine price and receiving an HPV diagnosis
To understand how human papillomavirus (HPV) screening results, HPV-related knowledge and attitudes are related to vaccination intention in three cost ranges and the actual vaccination behavior in a community …
Authors: Po-Yi Yao, Chung-Ying Lin, Nai-Ying Ko, Huachun Zou, Chia-Wen Lee and Carol Strong
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:28
Content type: Research article
Published on: 6 January 2022

Comparison of hesitancy between COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations within the general Hungarian population: a cross-sectional study

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Comparison of hesitancy between COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccinations within the general Hungarian population: a cross-sectional study
The willingness to get COVID-19 or seasonal influenza vaccines has not yet been thoroughly investigated together, thus, this study aims to explore this notion within the general adult population.
Authors: Viktor Dombrádi, Tamás Joó, Gergely Palla, Péter Pollner and Éva Belicza
Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:2317
Content type: Research
Published on: 23 December 2021

Medicines and vaccines supply chains challenges in Nigeria: a scoping review

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

Medicines and vaccines supply chains challenges in Nigeria: a scoping review
Medicines and vaccines supply chains represent critical systems for realising one of the major targets of the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—access to safe, effective, quality, and

 

Authors: Victory O. Olutuase, Chinwe J. Iwu-Jaja, Cynthia P. Akuoko, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi and Vishnu Khanal
Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:11
Content type: Research
Published on: 5 January 2022

The geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted messaging to combat misinformation on COVID-19, South Africa

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BMC Research Notes
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(Accessed 08 Jan 2022)

 

The geography of COVID-19 misinformation: using geospatial maps for targeted messaging to combat misinformation on COVID-19, South Africa
The proliferation of false information on COVID-19 mostly through social media is adversely affecting control efforts. The objective of this study was to identify areas where targeted effective messaging can b…
Authors: Lucy Chimoyi, Tonderai Mabuto, Tanyaradzwa Dube, Nasiphi Ntombela, Tshegang Nchachi, Dakalo Tshisebe, Candice M. Chetty-Makkan and Geoffrey K. Setswe
Citation: BMC Research Notes 2021 14:468
Content type: Research note
Published on: 24 December 2021

BRAIN 2.0: Transforming neuroscience

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Cell
Jan 06, 2022 Volume 185 Issue 1 p1-220
https://www.cell.com/cell/current

 

Commentary
BRAIN 2.0: Transforming neuroscience
John Ngai
The NIH BRAIN Initiative is entering a new phase. Three large new projects—a comprehensive human brain cell atlas, a whole mammalian brain microconnectivity map, and tools for precision access to brain cell types—promise to transform neuroscience research and the treatment of human brain disorders.

Real-World Evidence in EU Medicines Regulation: Enabling Use and Establishing Value

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Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 1 Pages: 1-331 January 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current

 

Perspective
Open Access
Real-World Evidence in EU Medicines Regulation: Enabling Use and Establishing Value
Peter Arlett, Jesper Kjær, Karl Broich, Emer Cooke
Pages: 21-23
First Published:19 November 2021

Use of RWE to Inform Regulatory, Public Health Policy, and Intervention Priorities for the Developing World

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Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 1 Pages: 1-331 January 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current

 

Open Access
Use of RWE to Inform Regulatory, Public Health Policy, and Intervention Priorities for the Developing World
Douglas McNair, Murray Lumpkin, Steven Kern, Daniel Hartman
Pages: 44-51
First Published:16 October 2021

Use of Real-World Evidence to Drive Drug Development Strategy and Inform Clinical Trial Design

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Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Volume 111, Issue 1 Pages: 1-331 January 2022
https://ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15326535/current

 

Open Access
Use of Real-World Evidence to Drive Drug Development Strategy and Inform Clinical Trial Design
Simon Dagenais, Leo Russo, Ann Madsen, Jen Webster, Lauren Becnel
Pages: 77-89
First Published:28 November 2021

Measles in conflict-affected northern Syria: results from an ongoing outbreak surveillance program

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Conflict and Health
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
[Accessed 08 Jan 2022]

 

Measles in conflict-affected northern Syria: results from an ongoing outbreak surveillance program
The Syrian conflict has dramatically changed the public health landscape of Syria since its onset in March of 2011. Depleted resources, fractured health systems, and increased security risks have disrupted man…
Authors: Sammy Mehtar, Naser AlMhawish, Kasim Shobak, Art Reingold, Debarati Guha-Sapir and Rohini J. Haar
Citation: Conflict and Health 2021 15:95
Content type: Research
Published on: 21 December 2021

What will it take to meet UNAIDS targets for preexposure prophylaxis users?

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Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
February 2022 – Volume 35 – Issue 1
https://journals.lww.com/co-infectiousdiseases/pages/currenttoc.aspx

 

HIV INFECTIONS AND AIDS
Edited by David Dockrell
What will it take to meet UNAIDS targets for preexposure prophylaxis users?
Sullivan, Patrick Sean; Siegler, Aaron Julius
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 35(1):1-8, February 2022.

An ongoing science-society-ethics experiment: The human challenge trial debate in COVID-19 pandemic

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EMBO Reports
Volume 23 Issue 1 5 January 2022
https://www.embopress.org/toc/14693178/current

 

An ongoing science-society-ethics experiment: The human challenge trial debate in COVID-19 pandemic
Sonia M R Vasconcelos, et al.

 

Human challenge trials to deliberately infect volunteers with SARS-CoV-2 should inspire wider debates about research ethics and participants’ motivations to take part in such studies.

The Physalis Improvement Project: blending research with community science: How community science can advance research

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EMBO Reports
Volume 23 Issue 1 5 January 2022
https://www.embopress.org/toc/14693178/current

 

Science & Society 24 November 2021
The Physalis Improvement Project: blending research with community science: How community science can advance research
Joyce Van Eck
The Physalis community science project shows how citizen science not just communicates with and engages people in research but also how it can inform and benefit the professional scientists.
Science & Society13 December 2021 Free to Read

Multistate Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings, United States

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/

 

Synopses
Multistate Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings, United States [PDF – 1.82 MB – 9 pages]
R. Gharpure et al.

Differences between influenza and pertussis vaccination uptake in pregnancy: a multi-center survey study in Italy

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The European Journal of Public Health
Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2021
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/31/6

 

Vaccination
Differences between influenza and pertussis vaccination uptake in pregnancy: a multi-center survey study in Italy
Luz Maria Vilca, Laura Sarno, Elena Cesari, Annalisa Vidiri, Patrizio Antonazzo …
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2021, Pages 1150–1157, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab095

‘I’m not an anti-vaxer!’—vaccine hesitancy among physicians: a qualitative study

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The European Journal of Public Health
Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2021
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/issue/31/6

 

‘I’m not an anti-vaxer!’—vaccine hesitancy among physicians: a qualitative study
Franziska Ecker, Ruth Kutalek
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 31, Issue 6, December 2021, Pages 1157–1163, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab174

A review of rotavirus vaccine use in Asia and the Pacific regions: challenges and future prospects

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Expert Review of Vaccines
Vol 20 (12) 2021
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ierv20/current

 

Review
A review of rotavirus vaccine use in Asia and the Pacific regions: challenges and future prospects
Philippe Buchy, Jing Chen, Xu-Hao Zhang, Bernd Benninghoff, Christa Lee & Gyneth Lourdes Bibera
Pages: 1499-1514
Published online: 20 Apr 2021

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric vaccination in Brazil

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Expert Review of Vaccines
Vol 20 (12) 2021
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ierv20/current

Article
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric vaccination in Brazil
Victor Santana Santos, Sarah Cristina Fontes Vieira, Ikaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto, Vanessa Tavares de Gois-Santos, Ariel Oliveira Celestino, Carla Domingues, Luis Eduardo Cuevas & Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel
Pages: 1661-1666
Published online: 21 Oct 2021

A Call to Action: Reinvigorating Interest and Investments in Health Infrastructure

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Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 9, No. 4 December 31, 2021
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current

 

EDITORIALS
Open Access
A Call to Action: Reinvigorating Interest and Investments in Health Infrastructure
Lindsay M. Mallick and Joshua Amo-Adjei
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):711-715; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00674
Infrastructure investments can contribute substantially to alleviating burdens of morbidity and mortality while also providing a positive return on investment in the long term.

COVID-19 Partners Platform—Accelerating Response by Coordinating Plans, Needs, and Contributions During Public Health Emergencies: COVID-19 Vaccines Use Case

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Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 9, No. 4 December 31, 2021
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current

 

COMMENTARIES
COVID-19 Partners Platform—Accelerating Response by Coordinating Plans, Needs, and Contributions During Public Health Emergencies: COVID-19 Vaccines Use Case
Angela K. Shen, M. Anne Yu, Ann Lindstrand, Sanjiv M. Baxi, Océane Jousset, Katherine O’Brien and Lucy Boulanger
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):725-732; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00460
The World Health Organization COVID-19 Partners Platform represents the first step towards a new model of health crisis information sharing across stakeholders and could evolve into an engagement mechanism of choice for future cross-border public health emergencies.

Equitable Open Access Publishing: Changing the Financial Power Dynamics in Academia

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Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 9, No. 4 December 31, 2021
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current

 

VIEWPOINTS
Open Access
Equitable Open Access Publishing: Changing the Financial Power Dynamics in Academia
Dominique Vervoort, Xiya Ma and Hloni Bookholane
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):733-736; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00145
The growth in open access publishing in academia benefits readership but disproportionally hinders unfunded or lesser-funded researchers. Few journals create comprehensive means to bridge these inequities, calling for a shift in academic publishing practices.

Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen TB Infection Control: A Rapid Review

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Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP)
Vol. 9, No. 4 December 31, 2021
http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/current

 

Reviews
Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Strengthen TB Infection Control: A Rapid Review
Helena J. Chapman and Bienvenido A. Veras-Estévez
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):964-977; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00368
In light of competing health priorities of COVID-19 and TB, we propose recommendations to strengthen health system preparedness for optimal TB control across low- and middle-income countries during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.