Acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and capacity of a facility-based seasonal influenza vaccination among high-risk groups: a study protocol in selected tertiary care hospitals of Bangladesh

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BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, seasonal influenza imposes considerable disease and economic burden, especially for those at high-risk of severe disease. The most successful approach for influenza prevention is the administration of a vaccine. Many poor and middle-income nations, including Bangladesh, do not have a national strategy or program in place for seasonal influenza vaccines, despite the World Health Organization's (WHO) advice to prioritize high-risk populations. Additionally, there is a...

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Authors: Hassan, MZ; Biswas, MAAJ; Rahman, M; Shoshi, HR; Pyash, AS

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Journal: BMC Public Health
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 242-242
• Article number: 242
• Publication date: 2024-01-20
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17724-6
• EISSN: 1471-2458
• ISSN: 1471-2458
• Language: English
• Keywords: Health care; Disease burden; Biostatistics; Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Medicine; Family medicine; Nursing; Public health; Vaccination; Economic growth; Seasonal influenza; Population; Environmental health; Disease; Immunology; Infectious disease (medical specialty)