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  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: knowledge and beliefs

    • Authors: Alkattan, Abdullah;  Advisor: -;  Participants: Radwan, Nashwa; Mahmoud, Nagla; Alkhalifah, Ahmed; Alshamlan, Ammar; Alkamis, Abdullah; Alfaifi, Amal; Alanazi, Wedad; Alfaleh, Amjad; Haji, Alhan; Alabdulkareem, Khaled (2022)

  • A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2021 to January 2022 in Saudi Arabia. The study included 281 residents to estimate their acceptance to receive COVID-19 vaccination. Around 70% of the included participants had a moderate to high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate during the data collection period. The risk increases to about two folds among undergraduates, and increases to four folds among non-employed, About 78% of participants with high and 44% with low COVID-19 vaccine acceptance believed the vaccines were safe and effective. The belief that COVID-19 disease will be controlled within two years increased the risk for low vaccine acceptance by about two folds Good kn...
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  • Cross-species virus transmission and its pandemic potential

    • Authors: Choudhury, Priyanka Ray;  Advisor: -;  Participants: Saha, Tapoja; Goel, Sachin; Shah, Janvi Manish; Ganjewala, Deepak (2022)

  • The majority of pandemics are known to be a result of either bacteria or viruses out of which viruses seem to be an entity of growing concern due to the sheer number of yet unidentified and potentially threatening viruses, their ability to quickly evolve and transform, their ability to transfer and change from one host organism to another and the difficulty in creating safe vaccines on time.
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  • Shortage of cholera vaccines amidst rising cases worldwide should worry us all

    • Authors: Gulumbe, Bashar Haruna;  Advisor: -;  Participants: Danlami, Mohammed Bashar (2022)

  • Cholera is a disease that affects poor and vulnerable populations, especially in conflict zones and where sanitation and hygiene are lacking (Lancet 2018), to end it. basic conditions such as clean water and sanitation. Other interventions should include early detection through, for example, surveillance systems, aligning critical supplies, water monitoring and mass vaccination campaigns, with a focus on cholera hotspots through strengthening the capacity of health care systems and effectively coordinating technical assistance and resources at the local and global GTFCC level (2022)....
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  • The danger of denialism: lessons from the Brazilian pandemic

    • Authors: Silva, Heslley Machado;  Advisor: -;  Participants: - (2021)

  • Scientific denialism has always had harmful consequences for humanity, but with the advent of the pandemic these effects seem to have been accentuated. Unwillingness to accept the facts about the COVID-19 pandemic ascertained by scientists and public health authorities has led to widespread scientific denialism, including the emergence of conspiracy theories of all sorts. Examples are diverse, reaching both developed and developing countries, arriving through populist leaders and the spread of conspiracy theories through social media. It is important to pay attention to the risk of the extremes of this denialism and the possible repercussions, especially in countries that have leaders...