Lessons from a school-based vaccination response following a Diphtheria outbreak in eThekwini district, SA
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
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| Title | Lessons from a school-based vaccination response following a Diphtheria outbreak in eThekwini district, SA | |
| Creator | Ngongoma, Azipheli E. Archary, Moherndran | |
| Description | Diphtheria is a life-threatening respiratory tract infection that causes outbreaks in susceptible populations. Between April and May 2018, an outbreak of diphtheria occurred in the eThekwini district. A school-based outbreak vaccination response was initiated to target vulnerable children and adolescents.Contribution: This study adds to the limited data describing a school-based vaccination in an outbreak response and highlights successes and challenges. School-based outbreak vaccination response can rapidly increase vaccine coverage; however, additional community engagement may be required in vaccine-hesitant populations. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2024-08-23 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajid.v39i1.610 | |
| Source | Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases; Vol 39, No 1 (2024); 4 pages 2313-1810 2312-0053 | |
| Language | eng | |
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