Seroprevalence of vaccine-preventable diseases among children and adolescents in Singapore: Results from the National Paediatric Seroprevalence Survey 2018.

Objectives: The Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore, conducted the National Paediatric Seroprevalence Survey 2018 (NPSS 2018) to estimate the latest immunity levels against measles, rubella, varicella, diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B, and the seroprevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriage in children and adolescents in Singapore.

Methods: The survey involved prospective collection of residual sera from 1,200 children and adolescents aged 1-17 years in two public acute hospitals. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (EIA) or plague reduction neutralisation tests (PRNT) were used to determine the seroprevalence of the vaccine-preventable diseases.

Estimates of influenza-associated hospitalisations in tropical Singapore, 2010-2017: Higher burden estimated in more recent years.

Background: We previously estimated Singapore's influenza-associated hospitalisation rate for pneumonia and influenza (P&I) in 2010-2012 to be 29.6 per 100 000 person-years, which corresponds to 11.2% of all P&I hospitalisations.

Using a HIV registry to develop accurate estimates for the HIV care cascade - the Singapore experience.

Introduction: Achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets is a crucial step towards ending the AIDS epidemic. Many countries have published estimates of care cascades, although often with methodological limitations. We describe an approach that used the national HIV registry as a starting-point to determine the HIV care cascade and resulting UNAIDS 90-90-90 estimates for Singapore in 2014.

Evaluating the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine during respiratory outbreaks in Singapore's long term care facilities, 2017.

Influenza outbreaks occur periodically in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) and vaccination is critical in preventing influenza infections. We evaluated the influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) during respiratory outbreaks in LTCFs reported to the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2017. A test-negative design was used to estimate the ratio of the odds of testing positive for influenza among vaccinated individuals to the odds among unvaccinated individuals.

Health Screening Behaviour among Singaporeans.

Introduction: This study assessed the health screening behaviour of Singaporeans and evaluated factors associated with low uptake of screening tests.

Materials And Methods: Data from the 2010 National Health Survey, which was conducted on Singapore citizens and permanent residents, was used in this analysis. Multivariate Cox regression was used to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographics and health screening behaviour for selected chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia) and cancers (cervical, breast and colorectal).

How healthy is the Singaporean worker? Results from the Singapore national health survey 2010.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of common medical conditions (including mental health and self-rated health) and lifestyle risk factors for disease of the Singapore workforce with the nonworking population, and evaluate the association of these factors with occupation class.

Methods: Data were obtained from a population-representative cross-sectional survey in 2010. Adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) were obtained by modified Breslow-Cox proportional hazards regression model.