Childhood rubella infection in early pregnancy can lead to fetal death or congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) with multiple disabilities. Reduction of transmission via universal vaccination can prevent CRS, but inadequate coverage may increase CRS numbers by increasing the average age at infection. Consequently, many countries do not vaccinate against rubella. The World Health Organization recomm...

BACKGROUND Globally, countries are increasingly prioritizing the reduction of health inequalities and provision of universal health coverage. While national benchmarking has become more common, such work at subnational levels is rare. The timely and rigorous measurement of local levels and trends in key health interventions and outcomes is vital to identifying areas of progress and detecting ea...

Budapest Közút is developing ROad Data Information System based on mobile laser scanning since 2013. All public roads (cca. 5000 km) are surveyed by MLS (Riegl VMX450) in survey grade accuracy and all visible road assets has been digitized and loaded to a complex 3D GIS environment. Since the first full coverage had been done in 2014 the whole city has also been updated - being one of the few l...

Given the scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, equitable (fair) allocation limited vaccines across main administrative units a country (e.g. municipalities) has been an important concern for public health authorities worldwide. In this study, we address inside countries by developing novel, evidence-based mathematical model that accounts multiple priority groups elderly, healthcare workers), vaccine ...

BACKGROUND Achievement of global health goals will require assessment of progress not only nationally but also for population subgroups. We aimed to assess how the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in health changes in relation to different rates of national progress in coverage of interventions for the health of mothers and children. METHODS We assessed coverage in low-income and middl...

Inequity of access to the cycling network may reinforce social disparities in health and resources opportunities. This study aims examine whether area-level material deprivation index is associated with different levels accessibility Lisbon’s (i) (ii) bike-sharing docking stations network. Independent t-tests were implemented, regression models performed estimate associations multiple each depe...