Objective: To evaluate the point prevalence of Hepatitis B in India. Design: Meta-analysis of
data on point prevalence from different parts of the country. Data sources: Searches were …

Background and objective Economic evaluations are one of the important tools in policy
making for rational allocation of resources. Given the very low public investment in the …

Publication bias can result from the propensity of researchers to document what is unusual.
This can distort the inferences drawn in systematic reviews. To measure the distortion, it has …

Objectives Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during pregnancy is associated with perinatal
transmission contributing to the pool of HBV infection in the population. There is a wide …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global problem and the world has 350 million carriers of
chronic hepatitis B. Over 50% of these have acquired their infection vertically from their …

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality of pharmacoeconomic studies
based in India. Methods: A literature search was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE …

Economic evaluations, in particular cost–effectiveness, are important determinants for policy
makers and stakeholders involved in decision-making for health interventions. Up until now …

Objective Ready-made spectacles have been suggested as a less resource-intensive
treatment for the millions of people living with uncorrected refractive error (URE) in low …

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and describe the information available in
scientific literature of biotechnological drug analysis, as well as to define a cost-benefit scale …

In cooperation with Indian health authorities, the GAVI Alliance (GAVI) is introducing
Hepatitis B (HepB) vaccination into the immunisation programmes of 11 'better …