Abstract
Trends in Vaccination Coverage among Children and Mothers Between 2006 and 2012 In Togo
Highlights
We conducted this study within the framework of the national review of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Togo, with the aim of estimating the vaccination coverage of 12 to 23 months-old children against 9 target diseases (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles and yellow fever) and that of mothers of less than 12-month-old children against tetanus.It is an investigation which took place from November 26th, 2012 to December 3rd, 2012 according to a two-degree cluster sampling method (WHO (World Health Organization) method) 1991)
We conducted this study within the framework of the national review of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Togo, with the aim of estimating the vaccination coverage of 12 to 23 months-old children against 9 target diseases and that of mothers of less than 12-month-old children against tetanus.It is an investigation which took place from November 26th, 2012 to December 3rd, 2012 according to a two-degree cluster sampling method (WHO (World Health Organization) method) 1991)
Unlike the results of most of the previous studies conducted in Togo which showed the impact of the academic level of mothers on the vaccination coverage rate of their children, our result in this study showed the opposite because of two strategies implemented in the country for about five years before the study period: (i) the active involvement of vaccination private centres by providing them with logistic means and which in return send their data to the regional structures of data centralization; those private centres were not involved in the management of vaccines and were not sending their data to the structures of data centralization
Summary
We conducted this study within the framework of the national review of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Togo, with the aim of estimating the vaccination coverage of 12 to 23 months-old children against 9 target diseases (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b, measles and yellow fever) and that of mothers of less than 12-month-old children against tetanus.It is an investigation which took place from November 26th, 2012 to December 3rd, 2012 according to a two-degree cluster sampling method (WHO (World Health Organization) method) 1991). The study was conducted by a group of investigators who went house by house to collect data regarding the vaccination coverage of children and their mothers.
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