Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems: findings from South Africa

@article{Verguet2013ImpactOS,
  title={Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems: findings from South Africa},
  author={St{\'e}phane Verguet and Waasila Jassat and Melanie Y Bertram and Stephen M Tollman and Christopher J. L. Murray and Dean T Jamison and Karen J. Hofman},
  journal={Journal of Epidemiology \& Community Health},
  year={2013},
  volume={67},
  pages={947 - 952}
}
Background Supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns provide children with an additional dose of measles vaccine and deliver other child health interventions including vitamin A supplements, deworming medications and oral polio vaccines. They also require the mobilisation of a large health workforce. We assess the impact of the implementation of SIA campaigns on selected routine child and maternal health services in South Africa (SA). Methods We use district-level monthly headcount… 
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Polio SIAs are successful at increasing polio vaccine coverage, but the resources and infrastructures were not always utilised for delivery of non-polio vaccines and integration into routine service delivery, found a gap in standardised tools to evaluate SIAs.
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It is found that SIA exposure reduced the likelihood of receiving routine vaccines in all the countries included in the study; the coefficients of interest are however statistically insignificant for Gambia and Cote d’Ivoire.
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Comparison of school based and supplemental vaccination strategies in the delivery of vaccines to 5-19 year olds in Africa - a systematic review
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In settings where school enrolment is suboptimal, as is the case in many African countries, the results show SIAs may be more effective in reaching school age children and adolescents than SBVs.
Comparison of school based and supplemental vaccination strategies in the delivery of vaccines to 5-19 year olds in Africa Africa Africa a systematic review
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In settings where school enrolment is suboptimal, as is the case in many African countries, the results show SIAs may be more effective in reaching school age children and adolescents than SBVs.
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The use of supplementary immunisation activities to improve uptake of current and future vaccines in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
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The Potential Contribution of Supplementary Immunization Activities to Routine Immunization in Kebbi State, Nigeria
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It is demonstrated that the integration of RI into SIAs could improve RI coverage.
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