Publications by authors named "Collins Tatang"
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- There have been concerns about a link between HPV vaccines and premature ovarian failure (POF) in young women, prompting a study to explore this association using the US Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database.
- The research analyzed 228,341 POF reports and found that 281 (0.1%) were linked to HPV vaccines, with a significant increase in reported cases following the vaccine's introduction in 2006.
- The study indicates a potential safety signal for POF associated with HPV vaccination, but emphasizes the need for further investigation due to limitations in the reporting data.
Introduction: since 1971, Cameroon is facing a growing series of cholera epidemics despite all the efforts made by the government to address this huge public health threat. In 2020, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cameroon recorded a high cholera case fatality rate of 4.3% following epidemics noted in the South, Littoral and South-West regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cameroon chose Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) mass vaccination campaign in addition to other interventions to respond to outbreaks since 2015. There is still a persistent controversy on the effectiveness of reactive OCV mass vaccination campaign.
Objective: This article aimed to share evidence-based observations on the effect of a reactive single-dose OCV mass vaccination campaign on cholera cases in Cameroon.