Measles Supplementary Immunization Activities and GAVI Funds as Catalysts for Improving Injection Safety in Africa

Measles supplementary immunization activities and GAVI funds as catalysts for improving injection safety in Africa.

BACKGROUND In 2000, reuse of disposable syringes and inadequately sterilized syringes resulted in 39% of all injections being unsafe, causing 22 million infections. We describe the contribution of measles supplemental immunization activities (SIAs) and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) funding in replacing disposable and sterilizable syringes with auto-disable (AD) syringes t...

Measles immunization in IRAN

The cost-effectiveness of supplementary immunization activities for measles: a stochastic model for Uganda.

Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) have become an important adjunct to measles control efforts in countries that endeavor to achieve higher levels of population immunity than can be achieved in a growing routine immunization system. Because SIAs are often supported with funds that have alternative uses, decision makers need to know how cost-effective they are compared with other option...

Ensuring injection safety during measles immunization campaigns: more than auto-disable syringes and safety boxes.

Measles immunization campaigns are effective elements of a comprehensive strategy for preventing measles cases and deaths. However, if immunizations are not properly administered or if immunization waste products are not safely managed, there is the potential to transmit bloodborne pathogens (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and hepatitis C). A safe injection can be defined as...

Cost-effectiveness of supplementary immunization for measles in India.

OBJECTIVE This study aims to estimate the incremental cost effectiveness of a supplementary immunization activity (SIA) for measles in a district of India with measles vaccine coverage equivalent to the National average. DESIGN A state transition model is used to estimate the effect of routine vaccination with measles vaccine as well as with measles vaccine during the SIA. The model follows e...