A Survey on Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) in Iran
| Author | Seyed Mohsen Zahraei | en |
| Author | Mohammad Mehdi Gouya | en |
| Author | Mahdi Mohammadi | en |
| Author | Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei | en |
| Author | Mehdi Zanganeh | en |
| Author | Iraj Zareban | en |
| Author | Malek Kiani | en |
| Author | Hosein Ali Adineh | en |
| Author | Azam Sabouri | en |
| Author | Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam | en |
| Author | Feiz Mohammad Elhami | en |
| Author | Alireza Khorram | en |
| Orcid | Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei [0000-0002-0618-7676] | en |
| Orcid | Iraj Zareban [0000-0002-2978-4182] | en |
| Orcid | Alireza Khorram [0000-0002-5790-7768] | en |
| Issued Date | 2017-11-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) have been considered as a strategic key towards elimination of measles and rubella. This study aimed at identifying the coverage of vaccination in target population children. Methods: The study was carried out in South-East of Iran on a total of 6838 randomly selected children. Information was collected by trained interviewers using a validated questionnaire. The data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (i.e. frequencies and percentages) and 95% confidence interval. Results: Overall, 98.7% of children were vaccinated during SIAs campaign. Vaccination cards were available for about two-thirds of the participants at the time of home visits while 95.3% of them reportedly received an immunization card. Refusal to vaccinate (31%), not informed (24.2%), children being sick (22.4%), and travel (20.2%) were the main reasons for not vaccinating children (n = 86) during the campaign. The main sites for vaccination were school (46.5%) and health centers (46.4%). Fever (44.8%) and severe pain at the injection site (36.2%) were reported as the most frequent complications by the study participants. Prevention of measles and rubella (66.6%) and health staff recommendations (31.4%) were the main vaccination incentives. Conclusions: To sum up, Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) are a good approach towards high coverage of immunization and attain measles and rubella elimination. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.64184 | en |
| Keyword | Measles | en |
| Keyword | Rubella | en |
| Keyword | Mass Vaccination | en |
| Keyword | Adverse Effects | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | A Survey on Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) in Iran | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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