Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon
Three months after the first shipment of RTS,S1/AS01 vaccines, Cameroon started, on 22 January 2024, to roll out malaria vaccines in 42 districts among the most at risk for malaria. Cameroon adopted and implemented the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria vaccine readiness assessment tool to moni...
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| author | Benido Impouma Phanuel Habimana Franck Mboussou Bridget Farham Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula Raoul Nembot Simon Franky Baonga Arnaud Njinkeu Andreas Ateke Njoh Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi BIEY Mohamed Kaba Adidja Amani |
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| description | Three months after the first shipment of RTS,S1/AS01 vaccines, Cameroon started, on 22 January 2024, to roll out malaria vaccines in 42 districts among the most at risk for malaria. Cameroon adopted and implemented the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria vaccine readiness assessment tool to monitor the implementation of preintroduction activities at the district and national levels. One week before the start of the vaccine rollout, overall readiness was estimated at 89% at a national level with two out of the five components of readiness assessment surpassing 95% of performance (vaccine, cold chain and logistics and training) and three components between 80% and 95% (planning, monitoring and supervision, and advocacy, social mobilisation and communication). ‘Vaccine, cold chain and logistics’ was the component with the highest number of districts recording below 80% readiness. The South-West and North-West, two regions with a high level of insecurity, were the regions with the highest number of districts that recorded a readiness performance below 80% in the five components. To monitor progress in vaccine rollout daily, Cameroon piloted a system for capturing immunisation data by vaccination session coupled with an interactive dashboard using the R Shiny platform. In addition to displaying data on vaccine uptake, this dashboard allows the generation of the monthly immunisation report for all antigens, ensuring linkage to the regular immunisation data system based on the end-of-month reporting through District Health Information Software 2. Such a hybrid system complies with the malaria vaccine rollout principle of full integration into routine immunisation coupled with strengthened management of operations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b419807290054ff7a91a7e43ed51e4472024-04-05T07:40:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Global Health2059-79082024-04-019410.1136/bmjgh-2024-015312Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in CameroonBenido Impouma0Phanuel Habimana1Franck Mboussou2Bridget Farham3Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula4Raoul Nembot5Simon Franky Baonga6Arnaud Njinkeu7Andreas Ateke Njoh8Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi BIEY9Mohamed Kaba10Adidja Amani115 Communicable and Non Communicable Disease Cluster, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo7 World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo2 World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo5 Communicable and Non Communicable Disease Cluster, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo2 Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon2 Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon3 World Health Organization Country Office for Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon3 World Health Organization Country Office for Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon2 Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon1 Vaccine Preventable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo3 World Health Organization Country Office for Cameroon, Yaounde, Cameroon1 Vaccine Preventable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, CongoThree months after the first shipment of RTS,S1/AS01 vaccines, Cameroon started, on 22 January 2024, to roll out malaria vaccines in 42 districts among the most at risk for malaria. Cameroon adopted and implemented the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria vaccine readiness assessment tool to monitor the implementation of preintroduction activities at the district and national levels. One week before the start of the vaccine rollout, overall readiness was estimated at 89% at a national level with two out of the five components of readiness assessment surpassing 95% of performance (vaccine, cold chain and logistics and training) and three components between 80% and 95% (planning, monitoring and supervision, and advocacy, social mobilisation and communication). ‘Vaccine, cold chain and logistics’ was the component with the highest number of districts recording below 80% readiness. The South-West and North-West, two regions with a high level of insecurity, were the regions with the highest number of districts that recorded a readiness performance below 80% in the five components. To monitor progress in vaccine rollout daily, Cameroon piloted a system for capturing immunisation data by vaccination session coupled with an interactive dashboard using the R Shiny platform. In addition to displaying data on vaccine uptake, this dashboard allows the generation of the monthly immunisation report for all antigens, ensuring linkage to the regular immunisation data system based on the end-of-month reporting through District Health Information Software 2. Such a hybrid system complies with the malaria vaccine rollout principle of full integration into routine immunisation coupled with strengthened management of operations.https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e015312.full |
| spellingShingle | Benido Impouma Phanuel Habimana Franck Mboussou Bridget Farham Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula Raoul Nembot Simon Franky Baonga Arnaud Njinkeu Andreas Ateke Njoh Joseph Nsiari-muzeyi BIEY Mohamed Kaba Adidja Amani Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon BMJ Global Health |
| title | Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon |
| title_full | Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon |
| title_fullStr | Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon |
| title_short | Setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in Cameroon |
| title_sort | setting up a data system for monitoring malaria vaccine introduction readiness and uptake in 42 health districts in cameroon |
| url | https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e015312.full |
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