Use of surveys to evaluate an integrated oral cholera vaccine campaign in response to a cholera outbreak in Hoima district, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the quality and coverage of the campaign to distribute oral cholera vaccine (OCV) during a cholera outbreak in Hoima, Uganda to guide future campaigns of cholera vaccine.

Design

Survey of communities targeted for vaccination to determine vaccine coverage rates and perceptions of the vaccination campaign, and a separate survey of vaccine staff who carried out the campaign.

Setting

Hoima district, Uganda.

Participants

Representative clusters of households residing in the communities targeted for vaccination and staff members who conducted the vaccine campaign.

Results

Among 209 households (1274 individuals) included in the coverage survey, 1193 (94%; 95% CI 92% to 95%) reported receiving at least one OCV dose and 998 (78%; 95% CI 76%

SUBMITTER: Bwire G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature