African vaccination week: platform for effective partnership to deliver multiple interventions in the African Region

ABSTRACT

African Vaccination Week (AVW) is an initiative of the countries in the World Health Organization African Region promoting equity and access to vaccination. The initiative focuses on reaching populations with limited access to regular health services. Available data from 2014 showed that countries took advantage of the initiative to conduct integrated delivery of multiple interventions; targeting those with limited access to regular health services. A majority of the countries integrated between five and six interventions and very few delivered single interventions. The most common integrated intervention was vitamin A supplementation; followed by de-worming. Other interventions included educational activities; supplementation minerals and provision of health services. Data on coverage of integrated interventions are shown in the article