An innovative approach in monitoring oral cholera vaccination campaign: integration of a between-round survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is essential in ensuring population's access to immunization. Surveys are part of this M&E approach but its timing limits the use of its results to improve the coverage of the evaluated campaign. An oral cholera vaccination campaign was organized in a health district of the Far North region of Cameroon and involved an innovative M&E approach. The aim of this project was to assess the feasibility and effect of using recommendations of a community-based immunization and communication coverage survey conducted after the first round of an OCV campaign on the coverage of the second-round of the campaign.

Methods

Two community-based surveys were included in the M&E plan and conducted at the end of each of the campaign rounds. Data were co

SUBMITTER: Ateudjieu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature