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A COVID-19 vaccine card is a record often given to those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine showing information such as the date (s) one has received the shot (s) and the brand of vaccine one has received, sometimes including the lot number. The card also contains information identifying the recipient and the location where the shot was given ...
COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, Mainland China in December 2019 [4] and was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020. [5] COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia will cover more than 75% of overall Indonesian population ...
Inactivated vaccine. An inactivated vaccine (or killed vaccine) is a vaccine consisting of virus particles, bacteria, or other pathogens that have been grown in culture and then killed to destroy disease-producing capacity. In contrast, live vaccines use pathogens that are still alive (but are almost always attenuated, that is, weakened).
The rotavirus vaccine is a vaccine used to protect against rotavirus infections, which are the leading cause of severe diarrhea among young children. [1] The vaccines prevent 15–34% of severe diarrhea in the developing world and 37–96% of the risk of death among young children due to severe diarrhea. [1] Immunizing babies decreases rates of ...
The Vi capsular polysaccharide vaccine (or ViCPS) is a typhoid vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization for the prevention of typhoid (another is Ty21a ). The vaccine was first licensed in the US in 1994 and is made from the purified Vi capsular polysaccharide from the Ty2 Salmonella Typhi strain; it is a subunit vaccine .
Pneumococcal vaccines Accelerated Development and Introduction Plan (PneumoADIP) is a program to accelerate the evaluation and access to new pneumococcal vaccines in the developing world. PneumoADIP is funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). Thirty GAVI countries have expressed interest in participating by 2010.
CoronaVac, also known as the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, [3] is a whole inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech. [4] [5] It was phase III clinically trialled in Brazil, [6] Chile, [7] Indonesia, [8] the Philippines, [9] and Turkey [10] and relies on traditional technology similar to other inactivated ...
Hepatitis A vaccine. Hepatitis A vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis A. [1] [2] It is effective in around 95% of cases and lasts for at least twenty years and possibly a person's entire life. [3] If given, two doses are recommended beginning after the age of one. [1] It is given by injection into a muscle. [1]