EPI Program
The EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization) initiative at IRD aims to develop novel strategies to improve coverage of existing vaccines (including their timeliness), monitor adverse events related to vaccines, conduct surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases, and introduce new vaccines based upon local needs. IRD works in close collaboration with UN agencies, universities and local implementors to integrate mobile health technologies to improve vaccine delivery, vaccine trial management, and adverse event surveillance.
Dog Bite & Rabies
The primary objective of the study was to determine the number of dog bites and rabies cases that presented to eight Emergency Rooms across Pakistan over a two-year period.
Hepatitis B
This GAVI-funded project provided free-of-cost HBV screening to 10,000 pregnant females and HBIG to 150 infants born to infected mothers between October 2009 to December 2010 in Landhi and Korangi towns of Karachi.
Measles
This Gates Foundation funded surveillance study of measles in young children presenting to 5 public sector hospitals in Karachi provided essential evidence on endemic measles in Karachi and its under-reporting.
Pneumonia Project
The Pneumonia Project was a longitudinal cohort study to estimate the incidence of pneumonia and severe pneumonia in an urban setting with disparate health providers.