'Vaccinate my village' strategy in Malawi: an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccination. (31st December 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'Vaccinate my village' strategy in Malawi: an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccination. (31st December 2023)
- Main Title:
- 'Vaccinate my village' strategy in Malawi: an effort to boost COVID-19 vaccination
- Authors:
- Sethy, Ghanshyam
Chisema, Mike Nenani
Sharma, Lokesh
Singhal, Sanjay
Joshi, Krupal
Nicks, Patrick Omar
Laher, Beverly
Mamba, Kondwani Chidzammbuyo
Deokar, Kunal
Damte, Tedla
Phuka, John - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Objectives: To boost COVID-19 vaccine uptake, an innovative 'vaccinate my village' (VMV) strategy using door-to-door vaccination by Health Surveillance Assistants (HSA) was adopted. In this study, we assessed the impact of the 'vaccinate my village' strategy on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Methods: This was a cross-sectional review of the data on COVID-19 vaccination obtained from the Ministry of Health, Malawi, from 11 March 2021 to September 2022. Results: From March 2021–4 September 2022, 091, 551 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered, out of which 2, 253, 546 were administered over just six months as a part of VMV as compared to 1, 838, 005 doses were administered over 13 months as a part of other strategies. The proportion of Malawi's population receiving at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increased substantially from 4.66 to 15.4 with the implementation of the VMV strategy (p = 0.0001). District-wise coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine also increased significantly after its implementation (p = 0.0001). Conclusions: Door-to-door vaccination involving HSAs benefitted the COVID-19 vaccination program in Malawi by ensuring accessibility, availability, and acceptability.
- Is Part Of:
- Expert review of vaccines. Volume 22:Number 1(2023)
- Journal:
- Expert review of vaccines
- Issue:
- Volume 22:Number 1(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 22, Issue 1 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0022-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 180
- Page End:
- 185
- Publication Date:
- 2023-12-31
- Subjects:
- Vaccine -- COVID-19 -- Malawi -- vaccination coverage
Vaccines -- Periodicals
Vaccination -- Periodicals
615.37205 - Journal URLs:
- http://informahealthcare.com/toc/erv/current ↗
http://www.future-drugs.com/loi/erv ↗
http://informahealthcare.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/14760584.2023.2171398 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1476-0584
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