For example, the nomads in Northeastern Kenya?
I would like to know the Methodology I can use to evaluate the RED/REC immunization strategy among the hard to reach communities e.g the pastoralists and Nomads in Northeastern Kenya.
Hello
I hope that during vaccination, leave a sign on the doors of home child vaccinated and you use indelible ink on the fingers of children vaccinated. if done, must be sampled in the site that you want to investigate and find out the proportion of unvaccinated child in the sample. there is a threshold that should not be exceeded.
Hi Beatrice,
it is very difficult to keep track of an individual's immunization record in highly mobile communities such as nomadic pastoralists.
In 2011 a research team at National University of Singapore started to develop a cell-phone based iris-recognition system to help immunization programs.
http://www.nus.edu.sg/dpr/archived_news/rg205.html
Maybe someone knows more about this?
1. School Based vaccination for children who are attending nearest school
2. Develop a field trained field team who can reach those household which have almost no access to the nearest health facility.
hi Beatrice. Indeed interesting question, as REC is a challenge, and not only a (and we all know that Reaching Every Goals is another one challenge :-) . Please have a look at this ppt in french, did by Dr Luce from WHO last year in Kinshasa. Rapid Conveniance Surveys are briefly presented as a way to assess and to correct the strategy
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