Publications by authors named "Joaquim Ferras"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how the vaccination status of the initial COVID-19 case (index case) affects the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among their household contacts.
- Researchers conducted an epidemiological study over 18 months, involving 181 index cases and 314 contacts, calculating the secondary attack rate (SAR) of new infections among susceptible contacts.
- Findings indicated that contacts of vaccinated index cases had a significantly lower SAR (34.9%) compared to those of unvaccinated cases (63.2%), suggesting that vaccination reduces the likelihood of virus transmission within households.
Public health action on a territory is complex and requires the involvement of multiple actors, who do not always act coordinately. Networks of organizations structures including the whole of the local actors facilitate the generation of synergies and enable greater effectiveness and efficiency of the joint action from the different actors on a same landscape. We present 3 years experience of four Public Health Committees in a region of Catalonia (Spain), composed by the main actors in public health planning.
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