Factors affecting compliance with measles vaccination in Lao PDR》.pdf

Vaccine 28 (2010) 6723–6729 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Vaccine j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/vaccine Factors affecting compliance with measles vaccination in Lao PDR Maniphet Phimmasane a , Somthana Douangmala b , Paulin Koffi a , Daniel Reinharz c , Yves Buisson a,∗ a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Médecine Tropicale, Samsenthai Street, BP 9519, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic b Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic c Laval University, Quebec City, Canada a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In line with WHO objectives, the Lao Government is committed to eliminate measles by 2012. Yet from Received 3 March 2010 1992 to 2007, the annual incidence of measles remained high while the vaccination coverage showed a Received in revised form 22 July 2010 wide diversity across provinces. A descriptive study was performed to determine factors affecting com- Accepted 25 July 2010 pliance with vaccination against measles, which included qualitative and quantitative components. The Available online 6 August 2010 qualitative study used a convenience sample of 13 persons in charge of the vaccination program, consist- ing of officials from different levels of the health care structure and members of vaccination teams. The Keywords: quantitative study performed on the target population consisted of a matched, case-control survey con- Measle