Perception and awareness towards malaria vaccine policy implementation in Nigeria by health policy actors.

Background: This study aimed to assess the perception and awareness of malaria vaccine policy implementation among health policy actors in Nigeria.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the opinions and perceptions of policy actors on the implementation of a vaccination programme against malaria in Nigeria. Descriptive statistics were carried out to study the characteristics of the population and the univariate analysis of the responses to questions presented to the participants.

New procedures to estimate water temperatures and water depths for application in climate-dengue modeling.

Two new approaches have been developed to estimate water temperatures and water depths in containers that commonly are used as breeding sites for mosquitoes, the primary vectors of dengue viruses. These estimates are incorporated in recently developed stochastic simulation models used to describe the daily dynamics of dengue virus transmission in the urban environment. Water temperature estimates are provided through a regression model that includes meteorological variables not previously used; results show that they are significantly better than those used in previous dengue transmission models.