scholarly journals 1519Integrated Measles and Meningitis Vaccination Campaign in Nigeria: Experience of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Momoh ◽  
Furera Zakari
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
The North ◽  
Additional State ◽  
Measles Vaccination ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns

Abstract Introduction The Nigeria government, supported by its development partners conducted several vaccination campaigns involving various antigens across the country in 2019. Majority of the states in the North including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) implemented the Integrated Measles and Men A vaccination campaign (IVC) which itself was an innovation given that both campaigns were initially planned as stand-alone campaigns. The integration of these campaigns came with additional planning, new implementation strategies and challenges. This paper aims to highlight the key drivers of FCT’s performance in achieving greater than 90% vaccination coverage for both antigens and the challenges of the integrated campaign in FCT. Methods A baseline review of previous campaign reports, micro plans and tally sheet data was conducted to identify challenges of previous SIAs in FCT, best practices and lessons learnt. A preliminary analysis of available data revealed a shortfall in resources early enough in the planning phase. Notably, was a shortfall of about 300 vaccination teams for the implementation of the Measles vaccination campaign (as a standalone campaign) as well as shortfall in cold chain equipment and logistic funds. We leveraged on the thrice weekly technical coordination meetings to review these challenges to seek ways to mitigate them. Result Strategic efforts to address the identified gaps led to the state sponsoring an additional 354 vaccination teams to support implementation by leveraging on the SOML funds. Staggering the campaign was key to ensuring adequacy of CCEOPs to address the increase in the number required due to the integration. The additional state sponsored team vaccinated 121777 and 123588 children who otherwise would have been missed with the Measles antigen with the Men A antigen respectively. Conclusion Strategic resolution of identified challenges was pivotal to FCT’s performance of greater than 90% vaccination coverages for both antigens. Key words Measles, Meningitis A, Integrated, Vaccination, Campaign

scholarly journals Measles Outbreak Associated With Low Vaccine Effectiveness Among Adults in Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, 2014

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig M. Hales ◽  
Eliaser Johnson ◽  
Louisa Helgenberger ◽  
Mark J. Papania ◽  
Maribeth Larzelere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccine Effectiveness ◽  
Mass Vaccination ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Primary Case ◽  
Federated States Of Micronesia ◽  
Measles Outbreak ◽  
Mass Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns

Abstract Background.  A measles outbreak in Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia in 2014 affected many persons who had received ≥1 dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV). A mass vaccination campaign targeted persons aged 6 months to 49 years, regardless of prior vaccination. Methods.  We evaluated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of MCV by comparing secondary attack rates among vaccinated and unvaccinated contacts after household exposure to measles. Results.  Among 318 contacts, VE for precampaign MCV was 23.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], −425 to 87.3) for 1 dose, 63.4% (95% CI, −103 to 90.6) for 2 doses, and 95.9% (95% CI, 45.0 to 100) for 3 doses. Vaccine effectiveness was 78.7% (95% CI, 10.1 to 97.7) for campaign doses received ≥5 days before rash onset in the primary case and 50.4% (95% CI, −52.1 to 87.9) for doses received 4 days before to 3 days after rash onset in the primary case. Vaccine effectiveness for most recent doses received before 2010 ranged from 51% to 57%, but it increased to 84% for second doses received in 2010 or later. Conclusions.  Low VE was a major source of measles susceptibility in this outbreak; potential reasons include historical cold chain inadequacies or waning of immunity. Vaccine effectiveness of campaign doses supports rapid implementation of vaccination campaigns in outbreak settings.

MONITORING OF MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINATION SESSIONS AT SCHOOLS IN PUNE CITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Sana Ra q Khuroo ◽  
Varsha Mahesh Vaidya ◽  
A P S Narula
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Who Checklist ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns ◽  
Rubella Vaccination ◽  
Injection Practices

Introduction: India with the support of WHO launched one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns against measles and rubella on 5 February 2017. The campaign was launched to vaccinate children in the age group of 9 months to 15 years with measles and rubella vaccine. In Maharashtra state the campaign started from 27th November 2018. All eligible children were vaccinated at the following session sites: Schools, Health sub-centers, Anganwadi centers, xed outreach sessions and mobile posts in villages and urban areas, Government health facilities will vaccinate on all days of campaign. Aim and objectives: To monitor vaccination injection practices, cold chain maintenance and safe needle disposal at measles rubella vaccination sessions at schools in Pune city. Material and methods: Study was a cross sectional study. 5 schools in each 5 Wards (Bibewadi, Kondwa, Hadapsar, Wanowri, and Dhankawadi) out of the 15 wards of Pune Municipal Corporation were MR vaccination campaign session will take place will be studied in 2nd week of the campaign. After obtaining permission from the WHO surveillance medical ofcer The above mentioned sites were visited on vaccination day. A structured Performa based on WHO checklist were lled on observation of all the sites selected. Results: 92% of the vaccinators have attended training sessions, 16% of the vaccinators were wearing gloves, Swabbing of the skin done by 52% , 80% of the vaccinators were administering vaccine through subcutaneous route, cold chain were maintained to 100% perfection and Safe needle disposal practices were maintained to 100%. Conclusion: Need for better training to healthcare workers about safe practices and proper implementation of vaccination campaign.

scholarly journals Factors affecting compliance with the measles vaccination schedule in a Brazilian city

2008 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Logullo ◽  
Heráclito Barbosa de Carvalho ◽  
Renata Saconi ◽  
Eduardo Massad
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccination Schedule ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Measles Vaccination ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns ◽  
To Receive

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The success of vaccination campaigns depends on the degree of adherence to immunization initiatives and schedules. Risk factors associated with children's failure to receive the measles vaccine at the correct age were studied in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Case-control and exploratory study, in the metropolitan area of São Paulo. METHODS: The caregivers of 122 children were interviewed regarding their perceptions and understanding about the measles vaccination and the disease. RESULTS: The results showed that age, region of residence, marital status and education level were unrelated to taking measles vaccines adequately. Most individuals remembered being informed about the last annual vaccination campaign by television, but no communication channel was significantly associated with vaccination status. The answers to questions about knowledge of the disease or the vaccine, when analyzed alone, were not associated with taking measles vaccinations at the time indicated by health agencies. The results showed that, when parents felt sorry for their children who were going to receive shots, they delayed the vaccination. Most of the children did not take the measles vaccination on the exactly recommended date, but delayed or anticipated the shots. CONCLUSION: It is clear that there is no compliance with the government's recommended measles vaccination schedule (i.e. first dose at nine and second at 15 months of age, as recommended in 1999 and 2000). Feeling sorry for the children receiving shots can delay vaccination taking.

scholarly journals Measles antibody levels in children of rural and urban areas of Nigeria following vaccination campaign

1987 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. O. Eghafona ◽  
L. E. Odama ◽  
S. O. Emejuaiwe ◽  
E. N. Obineche ◽  
D. S. Tafida
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Measles Vaccination ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns ◽  
Antibody Levels

SUMMARYThis study compares the presence and level of measles haemagglutination inhibiting antibody in the sera of primary school children in selected rural and urban areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria following a vaccination campaign. The results, analysed by Mann-Whitney statistical test at α=0·05, showed significantly higher levels of haemagglutination inhibiting antibody in all the age groups in urban areas when compared with rural areas. The implications of these findings on measles vaccination campaigns are discussed.

scholarly journals Modeling the Effect of Population-Wide Vaccination on the Evolution of COVID-19 Epidemic in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Intissar Harizi ◽  
Soulaimane Berkane ◽  
Abdelhamid Tayebi
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Efficacy ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Vaccination Rate ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Daily Rate ◽  
The World ◽  
Additional State ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns

AbstractPopulation-wide vaccination is critical for containing the COVID-19 pandemic when combined with effective testing and prevention measures. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, several companies worked tirelessly for the development of an efficient vaccine that would put an end to this pandemic. Today, a number of COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for use by a number of national regulatory organizations. Vaccination campaigns have already started in several countries with different daily-vaccination rates depending on the country’s vaccination capacity. Therefore, we find it timely and extremely important to conduct a study on the effect of population-wide vaccination campaigns on the evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic. To this end, we propose a new deterministic mathematical model to forecast the COVID-19 epidemic evolution under the effect of vaccination and vaccine efficacy. This model, referred to as SIRV, consists of a compartmental SIR (susceptible, infectious and removed) model augmented with an additional state V representing the effectively vaccinated population as well as two inputs representing the daily-vaccination rate and the vaccine efficacy. Using our SIRV model, we predict the evolution of the COVID-19 epidemic in Canada and its most affected provinces (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), for different daily vaccination rates and vaccine efficacy. Projections suggest that, without vaccination, 219, 000 lives could be lost across Canada by the end of 2021 due to COVID-19. The ongoing vaccination campaign across Canada seems to unfold relatively slowly at an average daily rate close to 1/2 vaccine per 1, 000 population. At this pace, we could be saving more than 77, 496 lives by the end of the year. Doubling the current vaccination efforts (1 vaccine per day per 1, 000 population) could be sufficient to save 125, 839 lives in Canada during the current year 2021. We would like to point out that our study assumes that the vaccine is perfectly safe without any short or long term side-effects. This study has been conducted independently at arm’s length from vaccine manufacturers, using the available data from Canada health services. This study can be easily adapted to other places in the world.

scholarly journals Ensuring accountability in implementation of supplementary immunisation activities: A case study of the 2017/2018 measles vaccination campaign in Nigeria

Vaccine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Momoh ◽  
Avuwa Joseph Oteri ◽  
Fred Mogekwu ◽  
Nneka Onwu ◽  
Boubacar Dieng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Measles Vaccination

scholarly journals Evaluation of a measles vaccination campaign at the universities in the city of Zurich, 2019

Public Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
P. Lang ◽  
K.D. Zens ◽  
B. Bally ◽  
C. Meier ◽  
B. Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Measles Vaccination ◽  
The City

Exploring the accountability relationship between non-profit organisations and the state auditor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne G. Carman
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
The State ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The North ◽  
Audit Reports

This article explores the accountability relationship between the state auditor’s office and non-profit organisations by examining the audit reports prepared by the North Carolina State Auditor’s Office for non-profit organisations from 2009 to 2018. The data collected for this study show that the extent to which the state auditor conducts audits of non-profit organisations is fairly limited. Yet, when it does audit them, it is doing so to police their behaviours, monitor their expenditures and ensure that they are being good stewards with the resources they have been given. The findings from this study have important implications, in that they suggest that other accountability mechanisms continue to be important, including: training and education for board members about their legal and fiduciary responsibilities; the importance of adhering to best practices and standards; and the important role that third-party watchdog organisations and accreditors can play in ensuring non-profit accountability.

CSA Z663: Land Use Planning in the Vicinity of Pipelines

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Plant ◽  
Sue Capper
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Pipeline Systems ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Consistent Approach

There are few standards or regulations to help stakeholders consider land use and development in the vicinity of existing pipeline systems. Land use planning that considers the existence of pipeline systems can support the planning for and provision of emergency services and pipeline integrity. This approach can also promote public safety and awareness through consistent and collaborative stakeholder engagement early in the land use planning process. In 2016, a CSA workshop was held with a variety of stakeholders impacted by land use planning around pipeline systems. The workshop identified that there was a need for consistency across the jurisdictions in the form of a national standard. The main goal of the new CSA Z663 standard is to provide guidance and best practices for land use planning and development. It also addresses roles, responsibilities and engagement of all stakeholders to help establish a consistent approach to land use planning. A review of CSA Z663 will illustrate how this document provides information, guidance and tools that are inclusive to all stakeholders. This paper will also highlight the history and key drivers behind the new CSA Z663 standard and provide an overview of the current scope and content. Finally, the paper will describe future considerations and additions to the standard.

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