Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination

Efficacy of immunization among HIV infected adults: Experience at Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital

7^th Middle East - Global Summit and Expo on Vaccines & Vaccination

September 28-29, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Ruby Bansal and N Gupta

Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Vaccines Vaccin

Abstract:

Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, a tertiary care hospital situated in Ghaziabad, India has a UPSACS approved ICTC centre with the name Crosslay AIDS & Wellness Centre established in the year 2008. This centre is working extensively for the overall well-being of the HIV infected persons. Immunization is one of the vital parts of this centre. All the patients who are enrolled with this centre are encouraged to get them vaccinated. Vaccination is more important for immune compromised patients because they are more vulnerable to infections and illnesses. In addition, these patients are in frequent contact with medical environments and may therefore also have greater exposure to germs and viruses but the rate of vaccination among this population is lower than the normal population because of the dearth of knowledge and information among the clinicians. Vaccination recommendations for HIV-infected patients are similar to those for HIV-uninfected patients in many respects expect live vaccines as per the CDC guidelines and for HBV vaccine additional shots may be given if antibody levels are too low. In this centre, the vaccinations given to the patients are generally HBV, Influenza; Pneumococcal and HPV vaccines. According the data available, no patients have acquired Pneumonia so far and no swine flu case has been reported in all our HIV positive patients after vaccination.

Biography :

Ruby Bansal has completed MD from Crimea State Medical University Cream, CIS (Leading Research & Medicine Education Institute in East Europe) and Fellowship HIV Medicine from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. She is currently the Head of Crosslay AIDS & Wellness Centre, Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, India. She has more than 22 research papers under her credit and is a Governing Member of AIDS Society of India.

Email: rsb_bansal@rediffmail.com