Table 1 Main activities conducted in 2013 and 2014 AVWs by countries
From: African vaccination week as a vehicle for integrated health service delivery
Interventions planned/conducted during African Vaccination Week (AVW) | African Vaccination Week (AVW) 2013 | African Vaccination Week (AVW) 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of countries | List of countries | Number of countries | List of countries | |
Communication activities | 47 | |||
• Advocacy, sensitization, social mobilization, production of information, education and communication (IEC) materials, training/media briefing | All 47 countries in the African Region | |||
Mauritius & Uganda | ||||
Kenya | ||||
• Short message services (SMS) campaign | ||||
• Award to districts with good performance in immunization | ||||
Polio campaign | 10 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone | 7 | Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Gambia, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Central African Republic |
Catch-up vaccination activities | 17 | Angola, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo, Cameroon, DRC, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe | 32 | Angola, Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cap Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Congo, Comoros, DRC, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome, Senegal, Togo, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Vitamin A administration | 13 | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland, Nigeria | 20 | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Comoros, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Säo Tomé, South Sudan, Swaziland, Rwanda, Zambia, Togo |
Deworming tablets | 9 | Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe | 15 | Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Comoros, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland, Zambia, Togo |
Malnutrition screening | 3 | Cameroon, Madagascar, Mozambique | 5 | Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Madagascar, Rwanda |
New vaccine introduction | 7 | Angola and Congo; | ||
• Rotavirus | Lesotho and Swaziland; | |||
• Pneumococcal conjugate Vaccine (PCV) | Rwanda, Tanzania and Seychelles. | |||
• Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) | ||||
• Measles 2nd dose | Tanzania | |||
Combined with Child Health days | 6 | Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rwanda | ||
Distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Bednets (LLITNs) | 4 | Angola, Chad, Congo, Guinea Bissau | ||