Health districts of Côte d'Ivoire performance during the national poliomyelitis immunization days in march 2017 according to the cluster lots quality assurance sampling method
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Research - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
To address the risk of importing wild polioviruses, Côte d'Ivoire organized poliomyelitis national immunization days in March 2017. A post-campaign survey was conducted with the objective of assessing health districts’ performance. Material and Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in the 83 health districts of the country. We used the cluster lots quality assurance sampling method. The sample size was 60 target children in each health district and the decision value was 3 unvaccinated children. Results: Findings showed that 17 (20%) health districts had low-performance. The estimated national immunization coverage was 93.4%. The main non-immunization reasons were the absence during the campaign (47%), the non-revisited houses (22%) and the non-visited houses (20%). Conclusion: The eradication of the poliomyelitis has not been achieved yet. There is an urgent need to strengthen the quality of immunization campaigns in order to accelerate efforts towards this objective.
Authors and Affiliations
Soualihou Noufé, Kouadio Daniel Ekra, Lepri Nicaise Bernadin Aka, Harvey Attoh- Touré, Konan N’Guessan, Ali Yéo, Joseph Soya, Alfred Douba, Vroh Joseph Bénié Bi
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