PMID- 16540214
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061002
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0264-410X (Print)
IS  - 0264-410X (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 18
DP  - 2006 May 1
TI  - Late vaccination reinforcement during a measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger 
      (2003-2004).
PG  - 3984-9
AB  - Low measles vaccination coverage (VC) leads to recurrent epidemics in many 
      African countries. We describe VC before and after late reinforcement of 
      vaccination activities during a measles epidemic in Niamey, Niger (2003-2004) 
      assessed by Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS). Neighborhoods of Niamey were 
      grouped into 46 lots based on geographic proximity and population homogeneity. 
      Before reinforcement activities, 96% of lots had a VC below 70%. After 
      reinforcement, this proportion fell to 78%. During the intervention 50% of 
      children who had no previous record of measles vaccination received their first 
      dose (vaccination card or parental recall). Our results highlight the benefits 
      and limitations of vaccine reinforcement activities performed late in the 
      epidemic.
FAU - Dubray, Christine
AU  - Dubray C
AD  - Epicentre, 8 rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, France. 
      Christine.Dubray@epicentre.msf.org
FAU - Gervelmeyer, Andrea
AU  - Gervelmeyer A
FAU - Djibo, Ali
AU  - Djibo A
FAU - Jeanne, Isabelle
AU  - Jeanne I
FAU - Fermon, Florence
AU  - Fermon F
FAU - Soulier, Marie-Helene
AU  - Soulier MH
FAU - Grais, Rebecca F
AU  - Grais RF
FAU - Guerin, Philippe J
AU  - Guerin PJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060208
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Vaccine
JT  - Vaccine
JID - 8406899
RN  - 0 (Measles Vaccine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Health Care Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Immunization Programs
MH  - Infant
MH  - Measles/*epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Measles Vaccine/*administration & dosage
MH  - Niger/epidemiology
MH  - *Quality Assurance, Health Care
MH  - Reinforcement, Psychology
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - *Vaccination
EDAT- 2006/03/17 09:00
MHDA- 2006/10/03 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/17 09:00
PHST- 2005/07/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/12/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/01/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/03/17 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/10/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/17 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0264-410X(06)00070-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.01.049 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vaccine. 2006 May 1;24(18):3984-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.01.049. Epub 2006 
      Feb 8.