COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ROTAVIRUS VACCINATION IN TURKEY

Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Turkey

Background/Purpose: Cost-effectiveness studies about rotavirus (RV) vaccination programs were performed in many countries due to the severe economic burden of RV infections.This study is an economic evaluation performed to assess the potential for introducing the RV vaccine to the Turkish National Immunization Program.Methods: In this retrospective

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Global research priorities related to the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: results of a global consultation

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO Labour Care Guide (LCG) in 2020 to support the implementation of its 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care.The WHO LCG promotes evidence-based labour monitoring and stimulates shared decision-making between maternity care providers and labouring women.There is a need to id

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The effects of a surgical mask and an N95 mask on intelligibility of explicit and ambiguous speech produced in the operating room environment

Abstract Purpose We investigated the effects of a surgical mask and an N95 mask on speech intelligibility using explicit and ambiguous sentences in Japanese.In addition, the effects of background noise specific to an operating room environment on the speech intelligibility of these sentences were also investigated.Methods We created 20 sets of five

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