Tobacco and e-cigarette promotion on social media: the case of German rap music.

German rap artists advertise hookah tobacco and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) on social media. Advertising tobacco products on the internet is banned under European Parliament and the German Tobacco Products Act. Despite this, 26 out of 60 famous German rap artists have their own e-cigarette or hookah tobacco editions, which are promoted on social media platforms such as Instagram, Tiktok or Youtube.

Inventory of projects promoting HPV vaccination coverage in Germany.

Since the first recommendation for HPV vaccination in Germany (2007), a rising number of projects aiming to increase HPV vaccination coverage in Germany have been conducted. From October 2019 to February 2020, we systematically searched for data (project description, evaluation reports) on projects in Germany that aimed to increase HPV vaccination rates. The aim was to provide a comprehensive overview of these projects (duration, implementing organisation, target group/addressees, setting, strategies, reach) and to gain insights for optimising future projects.

Improving the timeliness and completeness of childhood vaccination through color-coded bracelets: a pilot study among Fulani tribe populations in Nigeria.

Background: Childhood immunization remains one of the most cost-effective public health interventions. Globally, millions of children are not being reached with safe and effective vaccines and Nigeria has the highest number of unprotected children.

Objective: The effects of locally adapted interventions on vaccination timeliness and completeness were studied amongst Fulani populations across 6 health facilities in 2 districts of Bauchi State, Nigeria.

[Approaches to increase HPV vaccination rate in Germany - challenges and opportunities. A qualitative study].

Background: In Germany, the prevalence of infections with the human papilloma virus (HPV) among women and men is high. High-risk HPV types can lead to certain types of cancer (e. g.

Timely completion of childhood vaccination and its predictors in Burkina Faso.

Background: Despite important progress in global vaccination coverage, many countries are still facing preventable disease outbreaks. Timely vaccination is important in getting adequate protection against disease. In light of the paucity of relevant literature, this study investigated the timely completion of childhood routine immunization and identified factors associated with timely vaccination in Burkina Faso.

[Remuneration for HPV Vaccination Service in Germany - A Relevant Factor for the HPV Immunization Rate?].

Although HPV vaccination has been recommended in Germany since 2007, vaccination rates for completed HPV vaccination series are still low and there are significant regional differences. Remuneration for vaccination services is being discussed as one of the factors influencing the HPV vaccination rate in Germany. However, data on remuneration of HPV vaccination services show significant differences regarding the amount and way of remuneration depending on the Statutory Health Insurance region in Germany which are not obviously associated with the regional vaccination rate.

Measuring effective coverage of curative child health services in rural Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To estimate both crude and effective curative health services coverage provided by rural health facilities to under 5-year-old (U5YO) children in Burkina Faso.

Methods: We surveyed 1298 child health providers and 1681 clinical cases across 494 primary-level health facilities, as well as 12 497 U5YO children across 7347households in the facilities' catchment areas. Facilities were scored based on a set of indicators along three quality-of-care dimensions: management of common childhood diseases, management of severe childhood diseases and general service readiness.

Field investigation with real-time virus genetic characterisation support of a cluster of Ebola virus disease cases in Dubréka, Guinea, April to June 2015.

On 11 May 2015, the Dubréka prefecture, Guinea, reported nine laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD). None could be epidemiologically linked to cases previously reported in the prefecture. We describe the epidemiological and molecular investigations of this event.

Unique human immune signature of Ebola virus disease in Guinea.

Despite the magnitude of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, there is still a fundamental lack of knowledge about the pathophysiology of EVD. In particular, very little is known about human immune responses to Ebola virus. Here we evaluate the physiology of the human T cell immune response in EVD patients at the time of admission to the Ebola Treatment Center in Guinea, and longitudinally until discharge or death.

Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance.

The Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa is the largest on record, responsible for over 28,599 cases and more than 11,299 deaths. Genome sequencing in viral outbreaks is desirable to characterize the infectious agent and determine its evolutionary rate. Genome sequencing also allows the identification of signatures of host adaptation, identification and monitoring of diagnostic targets, and characterization of responses to vaccines and treatments.

Immunization coverage in young children: a study nested into a health and demographic surveillance system in Burkina Faso.

Background: Reliable estimates of immunization coverage are the basis for rational policy making, program implementation and evaluation. Vaccination coverage is usually measured using administrative data or surveys, both having a number of methodological problems.

Methods: We estimated vaccination coverage using a data set of 11 906 children aged <5 years from an existing Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in north-western Burkina Faso.