Assessment of safety and adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and their predictors in first 30 days among healthcare workers of a tertiary care teaching hospital in North India.

Background: The COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out as an emergency measure, with an expedited approval to contain the pandemic. The objective of this study was to assess the incidence, pattern and severity of AEFIs reported following COVID-19 vaccination and their predictors among the healthcare workers.

Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort study enrolling healthcare workers of a tertiary care Institute in North India receiving COVISHIELD™ from February to May 2021 was carried out to assess the incidence, pattern and severity of AEFI over the next 30 days.

Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration (MDA) programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis in an endemic district of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.

Background & Objectives: Lymphatic filariasis is targeted for elimination in India through mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) combined with albendazole (ABZ). To assess the coverage, compliance and causes for non-compliance towards MDA in an endemic district of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.