Demand Creation for Polio Vaccine in Persistently Poor-Performing Communities of Northern Nigeria: 2013-2014.

Autor:	Warigon C; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Mkanda P; World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo; and., Muhammed A; National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria;, Etsano A; National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria;, Korir C; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Bawa S; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Gali E; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Nsubuga P; Global Public Health Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia., Erbeto TB; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Gerlong G; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Banda R; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Yehualashet YG; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and., Vaz RG; World Health Organization, Country Representative Office, and.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Journal of infectious diseases [J Infect Dis] 2016 May 01; Vol. 213 Suppl 3, pp. S79-85. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 03.
DOI:	10.1093/infdis/jiv511
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Poliomyelitis remains a global threat despite availability of oral polio vaccine (OPV), proven to reduce the burden of the paralyzing disease. In Nigeria, children continue to miss the opportunity to be fully vaccinated, owing to factors such as unmet health needs and low uptake in security-compromised and underserved communities. We describe the implementation and evaluation of several activities to create demand for polio vaccination in persistently poor-performing local government areas (LGAs). Methods: We assessed the impact of various polio-related interventions, to measure the contribution of demand creation activities in 77 LGAs at very high risk for polio, located across 10 states in northern Nigeria. Interventions included provision of commodities along with the polio vaccine. Results: There was an increasing trend in the number of children reached by different demand creation interventions. A total of 4 819 847 children were vaccinated at health camps alone. There was a reduction in the number of wards in which >10% of children were missed by supplementary immunization activities due to noncompliance with vaccination recommendations, a rise in the proportion of children who received ≥4 OPV doses, and a decrease in the proportion of children who were underimmunized or unimmunized. Conclusions: Demand creation interventions increased the uptake of polio vaccines in persistently poor-performing high-risk communities in northern Nigeria during September 2013-November 2014. (© 2016 World Health Organization; licensee Oxford Journals.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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