RESEARCH ARTICLE
Estimation of the Immunization Coverage in Mayotte in 2010
Solet Jean-Louis1, *, Baroux Noemie, Lernout Tinne, Filleul Laurent, Petit Aliceb, de Montera Anne-Marie, Mazeau Fabiennec, Folliot-Garou Florenced
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 6
First Page: 1
Last Page: 5
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-6-1
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501306010001
Article History:
Received Date: 15/09/2012Revision Received Date: 22/10/2012
Acceptance Date: 31/10/2012
Electronic publication date: 24/1/2013
Collection year: 2013
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Abstract
Objectives:
A survey was carried out in 2010 in order to assess the immunization coverage among children and adolescents living in Mayotte, a French collectivity located in the South Indian Ocean.
Methods:
This is a transversal two-stage cluster survey. Data was collected for 676 randomly selected children aged 24 to 59 months, 692 children aged 7 to 10 years and 590 adolescents aged 14 to 15 years based on immunization cards.
Results:
The immunization coverage among children aged 24 to 59 months was high (close to 95%), with the exception of Hib (90%). For children aged 7 to 10 years, the immunization coverage was inadequate (≤ 82%) except for hepatitis B and BCG (>90% coverage). For adolescents aged 14 and 15, coverage rates were low (≤ 75%) and far below the target levels.
Conclusion:
We recommend a better monitoring of the vaccination status including a follow up and a catch-up vaccina-tion among children and teenagers.