An Analysis upon Various Strategies of Vaccine Campaign: A Review

Authors

  • Sudhir Khanal Public Health Specialist

Abstract

Measles is viewed as a significant reason for dismalness and mortality in children, in creating countries. After poliomyelitis, measles is the following up-and-comer disease for eradication. The feasibility of measles eradication has been contemplated and affirmed by a specialist board, assembled by WHO. Dish Health Organization developed the methodology for measles eradication which incorporates starting "make up for lost time campaign" followed by "keep up" and "follow up" campaigns. Region of the Americas has accomplished elimination of measles by embracing this technique. To reduce measles mortality in South East Asia region. The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has drafted proposals, expressing all children ought to get two dosages of measles vaccine. Disregarding natural and specialized feasibility, measles eradication faces abundant challenges. Contending needs like continuous polio eradication, introduction of new vaccines under Universal Immunization Program and other progressing health activities, present significant challenges. Constrained assets and injectable vaccine requiring prepared workforce to manage, are different contemplations. Wars, political and social distress, just as population removal and movement, make impediment in accomplishing and keeping up, great vaccine coverage, which is fundamental for eradication. Consequently, measles eradication is by all accounts testing. Every single piece of the world ought to consent to the endeavors for eradication; at exactly that point, global transmission of the disease can be ended.

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2019-10-01

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“An Analysis upon Various Strategies of Vaccine Campaign: A Review”, JASRAE, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 138–149, Oct. 2019, Accessed: Jul. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/jasrae/article/view/14961

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[1]
“An Analysis upon Various Strategies of Vaccine Campaign: A Review”, JASRAE, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 138–149, Oct. 2019, Accessed: Jul. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/jasrae/article/view/14961