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ArticleAIMS public health2021

Reducing the infectious diseases burden through "life course approach vaccination" in India-a perspective.

Sheikh Mohd Saleem, Sudip Bhattacharya

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Article in AIMS public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sheikh Mohd SaleemIndependent Public Health Researcher, Jammu &Kashmir, India.
Sudip BhattacharyaIndependent Public Health Researcher, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of vaccine-preventable diseases is increasing day by day across all age groups. However as per the universal immunization programme, we vaccinate only under-fives and antenatal mothers, a large portion of the vulnerable population remain unvaccinated and the concept of "life course approach" regarding vaccination is missing. It increases the overall burden to the already constrained Indian health care system. As India, now has become the largest manufacturer of multiple vaccines, we have continuous chain healthcare points (primary-tertiary level), with dedicated manpower in the public health sector that is why in this paper we are proposing to expand the horizon of the vaccination process using a "life course approach". It will not only directly benefit the vulnerable populations (individual level), but also it can benefit the nation, indirectly. Although we may face challenges at multiple phases (conception to implementation), they can be overcome by multisectoral and multipronged innovations.

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infectionsinfectious diseaselife course approachvaccine

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PMID34395705
PMCPMC8334644
OpenAlexW3192485927

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