Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status
Background: To highlight the burden of measles infection in Abakaliki and to join in the call for review of vaccination strategies in Nigeria. Methods: Case files of patients admitted with measles into Ebonyi state university teaching hospital, Abakaliki, from January 2001 to December 2005 were revi...
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| author | Uche Nnebe-Agumadu Chika N Onwasigwe |
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| description | Background: To highlight the burden of measles infection in Abakaliki and to join in the call for review of vaccination strategies in Nigeria.
Methods: Case files of patients admitted with measles into Ebonyi state university teaching hospital, Abakaliki, from January 2001 to December 2005 were reviewed and relevant data collected and analyzed.
Results: A total of 2,530 patients were admitted during the period of study, out of which 62 had measles giving a period prevalence of 24 per thousand. Age range was 6 months to 12 years. Prevaccination age group (<9 months) and children above 60 months each constituted 23.0% of the study group. Majority of the patients (61.0%) did not receive measles vaccine while 36.0% had vaccine failure. Bronchopneumonia was the commonest complication encountered (67.0%). Case fatality rate was 12.9%.
Conclusion: Morbidity and mortality from measles is still a significant health problem in Abakaliki. Prevaccination age group and children above 5 years are increasingly infected. There is urgent need to increase vaccine coverage and effectiveness if measles control will ever be a reality in Nigeria. A 2-dose measles vaccine policy may help realize this dream. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e79d7ee33342475094de297b7ecbb7872022-12-22T04:39:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development2635-36952006-01-01112101107Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization statusUche Nnebe-AgumaduChika N OnwasigweBackground: To highlight the burden of measles infection in Abakaliki and to join in the call for review of vaccination strategies in Nigeria. Methods: Case files of patients admitted with measles into Ebonyi state university teaching hospital, Abakaliki, from January 2001 to December 2005 were reviewed and relevant data collected and analyzed. Results: A total of 2,530 patients were admitted during the period of study, out of which 62 had measles giving a period prevalence of 24 per thousand. Age range was 6 months to 12 years. Prevaccination age group (<9 months) and children above 60 months each constituted 23.0% of the study group. Majority of the patients (61.0%) did not receive measles vaccine while 36.0% had vaccine failure. Bronchopneumonia was the commonest complication encountered (67.0%). Case fatality rate was 12.9%. Conclusion: Morbidity and mortality from measles is still a significant health problem in Abakaliki. Prevaccination age group and children above 5 years are increasingly infected. There is urgent need to increase vaccine coverage and effectiveness if measles control will ever be a reality in Nigeria. A 2-dose measles vaccine policy may help realize this dream.http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2006;volume=11;issue=2;spage=101;epage=107;aulast=Nnebe-Agumadumeaslesimmunizationchildren |
| spellingShingle | Uche Nnebe-Agumadu Chika N Onwasigwe Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status International Journal of Medicine and Health Development measles immunization children |
| title | Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status |
| title_full | Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status |
| title_fullStr | Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status |
| title_short | Measles in Abakaliki - current status: A need for review of immunization status |
| title_sort | measles in abakaliki current status a need for review of immunization status |
| topic | measles immunization children |
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