Understanding the terms could help readers make informed decisions when they are getting vaccinated. Apr 29, 2021 · 07:30 am Health professionals in Bengaluru take part in dry run or a mock drill for coronavirus vaccine delivery in January. | Manjunath Kiran/AFP
With India’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign proceeding, two terms that sound similar are prone to misinterpretation: vaccine efficacy and vaccine effectiveness. The dictionary meanings of these terms are different from the way they are used in scientific discourse. Understanding them could help readers make informed decisions when they are getting vaccinated.
Vaccine efficacy
Many people interpret vaccine efficacy to mean the percentage of people who would
In a move to strengthen the cold chain system of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, with support from GAVI, today handed over two vehicles and Cold Chain Equipment to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
The two vehicles will be used for the strengthening of the national EPI Programme Management and Oversight function through regular monitoring and supervisory visits to service delivery level. The vehicles will also support other critical elements of effective health care delivery, including surveillance, logistics and improve outreach programmes to reach children with critical services.
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In a move to strengthen the cold chain system of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Sierra Leone, with support from GAVI, today handed over two vehicles and Cold Chain Equipment to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
The two vehicles will be used for the strengthening of the national EPI Programme Management and Oversight function through regular monitoring and supervisory visits to service delivery level. The vehicles will also support other critical elements of effective health care delivery, including surveillance, logistics and improve outreach programmes to reach children with critical services.
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