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Improving SIA Quality: Lessons Learned

Improving SIA Quality: Lessons Learned. Partners for Measles Advocacy 7 th Annual Meeting. Panel Participants. Robert Perry (CDC) Casey Boudreau (WHO / AFRO) Marcy Erskine (CRC) Lynda Foray (Sierra Leone MoH) Stefan Hoyer (IFRC) Monique Petrofsky (CDC). The Issues . What is “quality”

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Improving SIA Quality: Lessons Learned

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  1. Improving SIA Quality:Lessons Learned Partners for Measles Advocacy 7th Annual Meeting

  2. Panel Participants • Robert Perry (CDC) • Casey Boudreau (WHO / AFRO) • Marcy Erskine (CRC) • Lynda Foray (Sierra Leone MoH) • Stefan Hoyer (IFRC) • Monique Petrofsky (CDC)

  3. The Issues • What is “quality” • High coverage • Uniform coverage (across districts) • Few adverse events • Previous SIAs good quality • New round of (follow-up) campaigns • More campaigns integrating ITNs

  4. Recent Challenges • SIA coverage low not uniform in all districts • Outbreaks in year before follow-up SIAs • Recurring operational / technical problems • Bumps in the road to integration • Challenge in bringing all partners to the table • Integrating with OPV vs. measles SIAs • Delay in Kenya measles SIA to allow integration • Ghana measles SIA had low coverage in age groups not included in ITN distribution

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