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  1. Article ; Online: Japanese Encephalitis Virus as Cause of Acute Encephalitis, Bhutan

    Sonam Wangchuk / Tshewang Dorji Tamang / Jit Bahadur Darnal / Sonam Pelden / Karma Lhazeen / Mimi Lhamu Mynak / G. William Letson / Shalini Khare / Brandon Troy Leader / Anthony A. Marfin / Susan L. Hills

    Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2239-

    2020  Volume 2242

    Abstract: In 2011, Bhutan’s Royal Centre for Disease Control began Japanese encephalitis (JE) surveillance at 5 sentinel hospitals throughout Bhutan. During 2011–2018, a total of 20 JE cases were detected, indicating JE virus causes encephalitis in Bhutan. ... ...

    Abstract In 2011, Bhutan’s Royal Centre for Disease Control began Japanese encephalitis (JE) surveillance at 5 sentinel hospitals throughout Bhutan. During 2011–2018, a total of 20 JE cases were detected, indicating JE virus causes encephalitis in Bhutan. Maintaining JE surveillance will help improve understanding of JE epidemiology in this country.
    Keywords Japanese encephalitis ; vector-borne disease ; Bhutan ; acute encephalitis syndrome ; meningitis/encephalitis ; vector-borne infections ; Medicine ; R ; Infectious and parasitic diseases ; RC109-216
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  2. Article: Introduction of a National HPV vaccination program into Bhutan

    Dorji, Tandin / Gary Clifford / Iacopo Baussano / Sangay Phuntsho / Silvia Franceschi / Tshewang Dorji Tamang / Tshokey Tshokey / Ugyen Tshomo

    Vaccine. 2015 July 17, v. 33, no. 31

    2015  

    Abstract: Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Bhutanese women. To help prevent the disease, the Ministry of Health (MoH) developed a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program.MoH considerations included disease incidence, the limited reach of ... ...

    Abstract Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in Bhutanese women. To help prevent the disease, the Ministry of Health (MoH) developed a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine program.MoH considerations included disease incidence, the limited reach of cervical screening, poor outcomes associated with late diagnosis of the disease, and Bhutan's ability to conduct the program. For national introduction, it was decided to implement routine immunization for 12 year-old girls with the quadrivalent HPV6/11/16/18 (QHPV) vaccine and a one-time catch-up campaign for 13–18 year-old girls in the first year of the program (2010). Health workers would administer the vaccine in schools, with out-of-school girls to receive the vaccine at health facilities. From 2011, HPV vaccination would enter into the routine immunization schedule using health-center delivery.During the initial campaign in 2010, over 130,000 doses of QHPV were administered and QHPV 3-dose vaccination coverage was estimated to be around 99% among 12 year-olds and 89% among 13–18 year-olds. QHPV vaccine was well tolerated and no severe adverse events were reported. In the three following years, QHPV vaccine was administered routinely to 12 year-olds primarily through health centers instead of schools, during which time the population-level 3-dose coverage decreased to 67–69%, an estimate which was confirmed by individual-level survey data in 2012 (73%). In 2014, when HPV delivery was switched back to schools, 3-dose coverage rose again above 90%.The rapid implementation and high coverage of the national HPV vaccine program in Bhutan were largely attributable to the strength of political commitment, primary healthcare and support from the education system. School-based delivery appeared clearly superior to health centers in achieving high-coverage among 12 year-olds.Bhutan's lessons for other low/middle-income countries include the superiority of school-based vaccination and the feasibility of a broad catch-up campaign in the first year.
    Keywords disease diagnosis ; disease incidence ; girls ; health care workers ; health services ; humans ; Papillomaviridae ; politics ; schools ; screening ; surveys ; uterine cervical neoplasms ; vaccination ; vaccines ; women ; Bhutan
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2015-0717
    Size p. 3726-3730.
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 605674-x
    ISSN 1873-2518 ; 0264-410X
    ISSN (online) 1873-2518
    ISSN 0264-410X
    DOI 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.05.078
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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