Publications by authors named "Maider Pagola Ugarte"
Although Mauritania carried out its Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), in 2015 the goal of vaccination coverage (VC) remained unmet in Bassikounou district and Mbera camp, contexts with large migrant populations. In response, during 2018, the national authorities, together with Médecins Sans Frontières organised two rounds of multi-antigenic mass vaccination campaigns (2RMASVC). The campaigns included oral polio (OPV), pneumococcal (PCV13), pentavalent and rotavirus vaccines for all eligible children six weeks to 59 months old.
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- * By analyzing age- and sex-specific death numbers up to August 2020, the study found 442,677 COVID-19 deaths, resulting in over 4.2 million PYLL, with significant variations among countries, particularly highlighting higher PYLL in North and South America, as well as some European nations.
- * The study emphasizes the importance of PYLL as a tool for assessing the demographic impact of COVID-19, suggesting that ongoing monitoring can inform targeted preventive measures, especially for vulnerable age groups. *
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- The study examined excess all-cause mortality related to the COVID-19 pandemic among 22 countries up to August 2020, analyzing data from 2015 to 2019 for comparison.
- Researchers calculated excess mortality by comparing observed deaths in 2020 with baselines from previous years using two different methods.
- Findings showed that several countries, including Brazil and the USA, had increased mortality rates, while others like Australia saw decreases, indicating that geographical factors and control measures played a role in these variations.