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Infection control, occupational and public health measures including mRNA-based vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infections to protect healthcare workers from variants of concern: A 14-month observational study using surveillance data by Yassi, Annalee, Grant, Jennifer M, Lockhart, Karen, Barker, Stephen, Sprague, Stacy, Okpani, Arnold I, Wong, Titus, Daly, Patricia, Henderson, William, Lubin, Stan, Kim Sing, Chad

“…We evaluated measures to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) in Vancouver, Canada, where variants of concern (VOC) went from <1% VOC in February 2021 to >92% in…”
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Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: what can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute? by Spiegel, Jerry M, Zungu, Muzimkhulu, Yassi, Annalee, Lockhart, Karen, Wilson, Kerry Sidwell, Okpani, Arnold I, Jones, David, Sanabria, Natasha

“…To ascertain whether and how working as a partnership of two World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHOCCs), based respectively in the Global North…”
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Vaccination, time lost from work, and COVID-19 infections: a Canadian healthcare worker retrospective cohort study by Okpani, Arnold I., Lockhart, Karen, Grant, Jennifer M., Barker, Stephen, Srigley, Jocelyn A., Yassi, Annalee

“…The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted hurdles for healthcare delivery and personnel globally. Vaccination has been an important tool for preventing severe illness…”
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Are COVID-19 vaccination mandates for healthcare workers effective? A systematic review of the impact of mandates on increasing vaccination, alleviating staff shortages and decreasing staff illness by Okpani, Arnold I., Adu, Prince, Paetkau, Tyler, Lockhart, Karen, Yassi, Annalee

“…•Healthcare vaccine mandates were broadly effective in increasing vaccination uptake.•The effect of the mandates on healthcare worker (HCW) COVID-19 infection…”
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Did the health care vaccine mandate work? An evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on vaccine uptake and infection risk in a large cohort of Canadian health care workers by Okpani, Arnold I., Lockhart, Karen, Barker, Stephen, Grant, Jennifer M., Yassi, Annalee

“…We aimed to evaluate the impact of health care vaccine mandates on vaccine uptake and infection risk in a cohort of Canadian health care workers (HCWs). We…”
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Response to letter to the editor: Did the health care vaccine mandate work? An evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on vaccine uptake and infection risk in a large cohort of Canadian health care workers by Okpani, Arnold I., Lockhart, Karen, Barker, Stephen, Grant, Jennifer M., Yassi, Annalee

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The midwives service scheme: a qualitative comparison of contextual determinants of the performance of two states in central Nigeria by Okpani, Arnold I, Abimbola, Seye

“…The federal government of Nigeria started the Midwives Service Scheme in 2009 to address the scarcity of skilled health workers in rural communities by…”
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The experience of a regional network of health policy and systems actors in translating evidence into policy and action in West Africa by A. K. Johnson, Ermel, N. Okedo-Alex, Ijeoma, Gbogbo, Sitsofe, I. Okpani, Arnold, Defor, Selina, A. Obi, Felix, Dossou, Jean-Paul, A. Eboreme, Ejemai

“…Objectives: To identify strategies and interventions to strengthen the generation and use of research evidence in health policy and practice decision-making…”
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Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: what can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute?/Protección de los trabajadores de salud durante una pandemia: ¿Qué puede aportar una alianza para la investigación entre centros colaboradores de la OMS?/Protecao dos trabalhadores da saude em uma pandemia: qual seria a contribuicao de uma parceria de pesquisa entre centros colaboradores da OMS? by Spiegel, Jerry M, Zungu, Muzimkhulu, Yassi, Annalee, Lockhart, Karen, Wilson, Kerry Sidwell, Okpani, Arnold I, Jones, David, Sanabria, Natasha

“…Objectives. To ascertain whether and how working as a partnership of two World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHOCCs), based respectively in the…”
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Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: what can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute? by Spiegel, Jerry M, Zungu, Muzimkhulu, Yassi, Annalee, Lockhart, Karen, Wilson, Kerry Sidwell, Okpani, Arnold I, Jones, David, Sanabria, Natasha

“…ObjectivesTo ascertain whether and how working as a partnership of two World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHOCCs), based respectively in the…”
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