Table 2 Network study countries, sponsors, and enrollment sites
City, Country (Local Population Served by Hospitals) | Sponsoring Institution | Hospitalized Infant Study | Non-Ill Infant Study | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study Hospitals | Number of Pediatric General Ward Beds | Number of Pediatric Intensive Care Beds | Non-Ill Enrollment Sites | ||
Tirana, Albania (~610,000) | South East European Center for Surveillance & Control of Infectious Diseases | Pediatric Department University Hospital “Mother Theresa” | 88 | 25 | Enrolled during well-baby immunization visits to (a) Mother and Child Consultancy Room, Health Center No. 4 Tirana, Tirana Regional Health Authority, and (b) the Pediatric Surgical Ward, University Hospital “Mother Theresa,” Tirana, Albania |
Maternity Hospital “Queen Geraldine” Neonatology Unit | 19 | 5 | |||
Amman, Jordan (~4 Million) | The Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network | Al-Basheer Hospital, Maternal and Pediatric Building | 120 | 70 | Enrolled from Al-Owdah Primary Healthcare Center, which provides maternal and child health services; infants are recruited during routine visits for immunization, growth monitoring, or other well-baby check-ups |
Managua, Nicaragua (~1 Million) | Sustainable Sciences Institute | Hospital Infantil Manual De Jesus Rivera “La Mascota” | 270 | 31 | Enrolled from Health Center Socrates Flores Vivas during immunization visits, well-baby check-ups, and from a local pediatric cohort study, previously described [34, 35] |
Bohol Island, The Philippines (~1.4 Million) | Research Institute for Tropical Medicine | Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Regional Hospital | 42 | 8 | Enrolled during immunization visits at (a) Cogon Lower Barangay Health Station, (b) Cogon Upper Barangay Health Station, and (c) Taloto Health Center |