Publications by authors named "Ahmed Ali Shaikh"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the movement patterns of the Afghan population in Karachi to understand their impact on polio transmission and vaccination efforts for children under five.
- Data was gathered through interviews with 409 Afghan household members and frontline workers, focusing on travel history, guest arrivals, and vaccination status.
- Results showed that over 25% of participants traveled outside the city recently, 34% hosted guests, and there was moderate agreement in responses about living duration, travel history, and vaccination, highlighting substantial population mobility between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The study aimed to determine the reasons for polio vaccine hesitancy among parents of persistently missed children (PMCs) in the high-risk areas of Karachi, Pakistan. A cross-sectional survey of parents of PMCs was conducted in April 2019 in 34 high-risk union councils of Karachi. PMCs were randomly selected from the polio program database, and further information was collected on a questionnaire by trained staff using face-to-face interviews with parents of PMCs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) campaign was conducted in February 2019 in Karachi where needle-free injectors were introduced for the administration of the fractional dose of IPV (fIPV) on a large scale. This study aimed to determine the impact of needle-free injectors on vaccination coverage.
Methods: In four towns of Karachi, fIPV was given using needle-free injectors "PharmaJet Tropis ID".