Leapfrogging with technology: introduction of a monitoring platform to support a large-scale Ebola vaccination program in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT: Continued outbreaks of Ebola virus disease, including recent outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), highlight the need for effective vaccine programs to combat future outbreaks. Given the population flow between DRC and Rwanda, the Rwanda Ministry of Health initiated a preventive vaccination campaign supported by a vaccination monitoring platform (VMP). The campaign aimed to vaccinate approximately 200,000 people from Rwanda's Rubavu and Rusizi districts with the two-dose vaccine regimen Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo. The VMP encompassed: biometric identification (iris scanning), mobile messaging, and an interactive reporting dashboard. The VMP collected data used to register and identify participants at subsequent visits. Mobile message reminders supported compliance. To 13 No

SUBMITTER: Mc Kenna P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381799 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature