Monitoring the performance of the Expanded Program on Immunization: the case of Burkina Faso

• DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-9-s1-s12
• Publication Date: 2009-10-14T18:18:30Z
• Authors: Abel Bicaba; Slim Haddad; Moussa Kabore; Emile Taminy; Marta Feletto; Pierre Fournier
• Keywords: Immunization program; Vaccination schedule; Routine immunization

The greatest challenge facing expanded programs on immunization in general, and Burkina Faso particular, lies their capacity to achieve sustain levels of coverage that will ensure effective protection children. This article aims demonstrate full children, which is the primary indicator for monitoring national programs, sufficient neither evaluate performance adequately, nor help identify broad strategies must be implemented improve performance. Other dimensions performance, notably adherence vaccination schedule efficacy approaches used reach all children (targeting) also considered.The study was carried out using data from surveys Faso: 1993, 1998 2003 Demographic Health Surveys Survey Immunization Coverage. Essentially, we described trends according indicators considered. Performance differences are illustrated by amplitudes maximum/minimum ratios.The health regions' performances vary whether they evaluated basis or status who have not completed vaccinations. regions encompass a variety realities, efforts substantially different intensity would required target populations.Decision-making can improved integrating tripartite view includes coverage, (timely coverage), fully vaccinated. With such an approach, interventions better targeted. It provides information quality timeliness identifies meet objectives coverage. ABSTRACT IN FRENCH: See online translation this abstract French.