Publications by authors named "Zahoor Ahmed Baloch"
An experience of mass administration of fractional dose inactivated polio vaccine through intradermal needle-free injectors in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Umar Farooq Bullo Jaishri Mehraj Syed Musa Raza Shumaila Rasool Noreen Naz Ansari Rehan Iqbal Baloch Zahoor Ahmed Baloch
BMC Public Health
January 2021
Background: Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) campaign was conducted in February 2019 in Karachi where needle-free injectors were introduced for the administration of the fractional dose of IPV (fIPV) on a large scale. This study aimed to determine the impact of needle-free injectors on vaccination coverage.
Methods: In four towns of Karachi, fIPV was given using needle-free injectors "PharmaJet Tropis ID".