Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign

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dc.contributor.advisorCoetzee, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCameron, Neilen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBernhardt, Gina Leanneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-05T13:04:20Z
dc.date.available2014-08-05T13:04:20Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
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dc.description.abstractMeasles virus is known to be one of the most contagious of infectious agents and despite considerable progress towards elimination, a number of Sub-Saharan African countries experienced epidemics in 2009-2011, including South Africa, in which there were over 18 000 confirmed cases. The South African measles vaccination programme started in 1975 with 1 dose schedule, and from 1996-8 has followed the World Health Organization-United Nations Children’s Fund strategy. This includes a 2 dose routine vaccination schedule for children at 9 and 18 months of age, supplementary mass vaccination campaigns (MVCs) for children conducted 4 yearly, improved case management and casebased laboratory surveillance. Administrative monitoring of routine vaccination coverage is problematic, and often overestimated, because of denominator and numerator inaccuracies. The potential for a significant outbreak in the Western Cape Province was therefore not recognized. Over 2000 cases were confirmed in the Western Cape epidemic which began in September 2009 and peaked in March 2010. The Metropole district was mainly affected and over 60% of the cases were under 5 years of age, with 29% aged 6 to 11 months. A MVC, against measles had already been planned; however as a result of the epidemic the targeted age group for measles vaccination was extended from 9 to 59 months, to include children from 6 months to 15 years. This was conducted nationally from 12 to 23 April 2010.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBernhardt, G. L. (2012). <i>Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6020en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBernhardt, Gina Leanne. <i>"Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6020en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBernhardt, G. 2012. Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bernhardt, Gina Leanne AB - Measles virus is known to be one of the most contagious of infectious agents and despite considerable progress towards elimination, a number of Sub-Saharan African countries experienced epidemics in 2009-2011, including South Africa, in which there were over 18 000 confirmed cases. The South African measles vaccination programme started in 1975 with 1 dose schedule, and from 1996-8 has followed the World Health Organization-United Nations Children’s Fund strategy. This includes a 2 dose routine vaccination schedule for children at 9 and 18 months of age, supplementary mass vaccination campaigns (MVCs) for children conducted 4 yearly, improved case management and casebased laboratory surveillance. Administrative monitoring of routine vaccination coverage is problematic, and often overestimated, because of denominator and numerator inaccuracies. The potential for a significant outbreak in the Western Cape Province was therefore not recognized. Over 2000 cases were confirmed in the Western Cape epidemic which began in September 2009 and peaked in March 2010. The Metropole district was mainly affected and over 60% of the cases were under 5 years of age, with 29% aged 6 to 11 months. A MVC, against measles had already been planned; however as a result of the epidemic the targeted age group for measles vaccination was extended from 9 to 59 months, to include children from 6 months to 15 years. This was conducted nationally from 12 to 23 April 2010. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign TI - Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6020 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6020
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBernhardt GL. Evaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaign. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6020en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Healthen_ZA
dc.titleEvaluating measles vaccination coverage in high incidence areas of the Western Cape Province, following the mass vaccination campaignen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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