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What It Will Take to Achieve a World Without Measles by Cochi, Stephen L, Schluter, W William

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National, Regional and Global Certification Bodies for Polio Eradication: A Framework for Verifying Measles Elimination by Datta, S. Deblina, Tangermann, Rudolf H., Reef, Susan, Schluter, W. William, Adams, Anthony

“…The Global Certification Commission (GCC), Regional Certification Commissions (RCCs), and National Certification Committees (NCCs) provide a framework of…”
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Experience With Inactivated Polio Vaccine Introduction and the "Switch" From Trivalent to Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region by Gurung, Santosh, Harris, Jennifer B., Eltayeb, Abu Obeida, Hampton, Lee M, Diorditsa, Sergey, Avagyan, Tigran, Schluter, W. William

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPR) has maintained its polio-free status since 2000. The emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses…”
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CDC's COVID-19 International Vaccine Implementation and Evaluation Program and Lessons from Earlier Vaccine Introductions by Soeters, Heidi M, Doshi, Reena H, Fleming, Monica, Adegoke, Oluwasegun Joel, Ajene, Uzoamaka, Aksnes, Brooke Noel, Bennett, Sarah, Blau, Erin F, Carlton, Julie Garon, Clements, Sara, Conklin, Laura, Dahlke, Melissa, Duca, Lindsey M, Feldstein, Leora R, Gidudu, Jane F, Grant, Gavin, Hercules, Margaret, Igboh, Ledor S, Ishizumi, Atsuyoshi, Jacenko, Sara, Kerr, Yinka, Konne, Nuadum M, Kulkarni, Shibani, Kumar, Archana, Lafond, Kathryn E, Lam, Eugene, Longley, Ashley T, McCarron, Margaret, Namageyo-Funa, Apophia, Ortiz, Nancy, Patel, Jaymin C, Perry, Robert T, Prybylski, Dimitri, Reddi, Prianca, Salman, Omar, Sciarratta, Courtney N, Shragai, Talya, Siddula, Akshita, Sikare, Ester, Tchoualeu, Dieula Delissaint, Traicoff, Denise, Tuttle, Alexandra, Victory, Kerton R, Wallace, Aaron, Ward, Kirsten, Wong, Man Kai Alyssa, Zhou, Weigong, Schluter, W William, Fitter, David L, Mounts, Anthony, Bresee, Joseph S, Hyde, Terri B

“…The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports international partners in introducing vaccines, including those against SARS-CoV-2 virus. CDC…”
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Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Hospitalizations During Pregnancy or the Early Postpartum Period - Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, 2018-2023 by Sun, Jinghui, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Zhou, Suizan, Song, Ying, Zhang, Suping, Zhu, Jie, Zhu, Zhiyuan, Wang, Rui, Chen, Hong, Chen, Liling, Yang, Haibing, Zhang, Jun, Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Schluter, W William

“…Pregnancy is associated with increased risk for severe illness and complications attributable to influenza infection. Information about the incidence of…”
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The spatial heterogeneity between Japanese encephalitis incidence distribution and environmental variables in Nepal by Impoinvil, Daniel E, Solomon, Tom, Schluter, W William, Rayamajhi, Ajit, Bichha, Ram Padarath, Shakya, Geeta, Caminade, Cyril, Baylis, Matthew

“…To identify potential environmental drivers of Japanese Encephalitis virus (JE) transmission in Nepal, we conducted an ecological study to determine the…”
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COVID-19 Mortality and Vaccine Coverage - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, January 6, 2022-March 21, 2022 by Smith, Dallas J, Hakim, Avi J, Leung, Gabriel M, Xu, Wenbo, Schluter, W William, Novak, Ryan T, Marston, Barbara, Hersh, Bradley S

“…COVID-19 vaccines are important tools to protect populations from severe disease and death. Among persons aged ≥60 years in Hong Kong, 49%, had received ≥2…”
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Low population Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) seroprevalence in Udayapur district, Nepal, three years after a JE vaccination programme: A case for further catch up campaigns? by Turtle, Lance, Brindle, Hannah E, Schluter, W William, Faragher, Brian, Rayamajhi, Ajit, Bohara, Rajendra, Gurung, Santosh, Shakya, Geeta, Yoksan, Sutee, Dixit, Sameer, Rajbhandari, Rajesh, Paudel, Bimal, Adhikari, Shailaja, Solomon, Tom, Griffiths, Mike J

“…The live attenuated Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine SA14-14-2 has been used in Nepal for catch-up campaigns and is now included in the routine immunisation…”
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus co-infection among people living with HIV/AIDS visiting antiretroviral therapy centres in Nepal: a first nationally representative study by Ionita, G, Malviya, A, Rajbhandari, R, Schluter, W. William, Sharma, G, Kakchapati, S, Rijal, S, Dixit, S

“…Summary Objectives To assess the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infections among…”
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The effect of diarrheal disease on bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) immune response in infants in Nepal by Cardemil, Cristina V, Estivariz, Concepcion, Shrestha, Laxman, Sherchand, Jeevan B, Sharma, Arun, Gary, Howard E, Oberste, M. Steven, Weldon, William C, Bowen, Michael D, Vinjé, Jan, Schluter, W. William, Anand, Abhijeet, Mach, Ondrej, Chu, Susan Y

“…Abstract Background A globally-coordinated phase out of all type 2 containing oral polio vaccine (OPV) is planned for April 2016 during which bivalent 1 + 3…”
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Rethinking public health campaigns in the COVID-19 era: a call to improve effectiveness, equity and impact by Jafari, Hamid, Saarlas, Kristin N, Schluter, W William, Espinal, Marcos, Ijaz, Kashef, Gregory, Christopher, Filler, Scott, Wolff, Chris, Krause, L Kendall, O'Brien, Katherine, Pearson, Luwei, Gupta, Anuradha, Rebollo Polo, Maria, Shuaib, Faisal

“…The effect of COVID-19 on critical health programmes By September 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in more than 4.7 million reported deaths globally…”
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COVID-19 Mortality and Vaccine Coverage - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, January 6, 2022-March 21, 2022 by Smith, Dallas J, Hakim, Avi J, Leung, Gabriel M, Xu, Wenbo, Schluter, W William, Novak, Ryan T, Marston, Barbara, Hersh, Bradley S

“…On January 6, 2022, a cluster of COVID-19 cases* caused by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was detected in Hong Kong Special…”
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Spread of Strain W, a Highly Drug-Resistant Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Across the United States by Agerton, Tracy B., Valway, Sarah E., Blinkhorn, Richard J., Shilkret, Kenneth L., Reves, Randall, Schluter, W. William, Gore, Betty, Pozsik, Carol J., Plikaytis, Bonnie B., Woodley, Charles, Onorato, Ida M.

“…Strain W, a highly drug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was responsible for large nosocomial outbreaks in New York in the early 1990s. To…”
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Impact of an Intervention to Use a Measles, Rubella, and Polio Mass Vaccination Campaign to Strengthen Routine Immunization Services in Nepal by Wallace, Aaron S., Bohara, Rajendra, Stewart, Steven, Subedi, Giri, Anand, Abhijeet, Burnett, Eleanor, Giri, Jagat, Shrestha, Jagat, Gurau, Suraj, Dixit, Sameer, Rajbhandari, Rajesh, Schluter, W. William

“…Background. The potential to strengthen routine immunization (RI) services through supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) is an important benefit of…”
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Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Western Pacific Region, 2009–2012 by Schluter, W. William, Xiaojun, Wang, Mendoza-Aldana, Jorge, Jee, Youngmee, Diorditsa, Sergey, Dabbagh, Alya, Mulders, Mick, Gregory, Christopher, Goodson, James L

“…In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region (WPR) resolved that WPR should aim to eliminate measles by 2012…”
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Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Philippines, 1998–2014 by Takashima, Yoshihiro, Schluter, W. William, Mariano, Kayla Mae L., Diorditsa, Sergey, de Quiroz Castro, Maricel, Ou, Alan C., Ducusin, Maria Joyce U., Garcia, Luzviminda C., Elfa, Dulce C., Dabbagh, Alya, Rota, Paul, Goodson, James L.

“…In 2005, the Regional Committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region (WPR) established a goal to eliminate measles by 2012.The…”
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Development of a District‐Level Programmatic Assessment Tool for Risk of Measles Virus Transmission by Lam, Eugene, Schluter, W. William, Masresha, Balcha G., Teleb, Nadia, Bravo‐Alcántara, Pamela, Shefer, Abigail, Jankovic, Dragan, McFarland, Jeffrey, Elfakki, Eltayeb, Takashima, Yoshihiro, Perry, Robert T., Dabbagh, Alya J., Banerjee, Kaushik, Strebel, Peter M., Goodson, James L.

“…All six World Health Organization (WHO) regions have now set goals for measles elimination by or before 2020. To prioritize measles elimination efforts and use…”
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Using the World Health Organization Measles Programmatic Risk Assessment Tool for Monitoring of Supplemental Immunization Activities in the Philippines by Ducusin, Maria Joyce U., Quiroz‐Castro, Maricel, Roesel, Sigrun, Garcia, Luzviminda C., Cecilio‐Elfa, Dulce, Schluter, W. William, Goodson, James L., Lam, Eugene

“…In 2012, the World Health Organization Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region (WPR) reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate measles and urged WPR…”
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Are we there yet? Assessing achievement of vaccine-preventable disease goals in WHO's Western Pacific Region by Hennessey, Karen, Schluter, W. William, Wang, Xiaojun, Boualam, Liliane, Jee, Youngmee, Mendoza-Aldana, Jorge, Roesel, Sigrun, Diorditsa, Sergey, Ehrenberg, John

“…Highlights • More robust data, stricter evaluation criteria, more formal evaluation bodies are linked to the intensity of a the control goal – eradication…”
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Prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus infection before and after implementation of a hepatitis B vaccination program among children in Nepal by Upreti, Shyam Raj, Gurung, Santosh, Patel, Minal, Dixit, Sameer M, Krause, L. Kendall, Shakya, Geeta, Wannemuehler, Kathleen, Rajbhandari, Rajesh, Bohara, Rajendra, Schluter, W. William

“…Highlights • Between 2002 and 2004, Nepal implemented an infant routine hepatitis B vaccination. • A national serosurvey was conducted to assess HBsAg burden…”
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