Pushpa Ranjan Wijesinghe

TL;DR: The 59% of countries reporting that they had policies are wealthier, use more new or under-utilized vaccines, and have stronger immunization systems, according to the 2014 revision of the JRF, which permitted a global assessment of national influenza immunization policies.

TL;DR: A significant and sustained reduction in the proportion of hospital admissions for acute gastroenteritis due to rotavirus was seen among children younger than 5 years in GRSN sites followingRotavirus vaccine introduction, highlighting the need to incorporate rotav virus vaccines into immunisation programmes in countries that have not yet introduced them and underline the importance of high-quality surveillance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed quantitative polymerase chain reaction for multiple enteropathogens on 878 acute watery diarrheal stools sampled from 14643 episodes captured by surveillance of children <5 years of age during 2013-2014 from 16 countries.

TL;DR: Self-medication prevalence was higher in urban compared to rural areas in Sri Lanka, and some aspects of access to medical care, satisfaction with pharmacy services and perceived severity of the disease were found to be important determinants of self-medicated.

TL;DR: WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) endorsed the findings and recommendations made by the review team and noted potential opportunities for using the network as a platform for other vaccine-preventable disease surveillance.