Simon Mutembo of the Macha Research Trust in Zambia will develop a method to identify and map children who have never received vaccinations so that they can be targeted during mass vaccination campaigns. Many of these children live in remote areas and are missed by population estimates. Their method combines field work by community health workers with spatial intelligence using a geospatial application on smart phones to develop geographical maps of vaccination coverage at the household level. Households with low or no vaccinations can then be targeted directly by campaign health workers. They will test their approach using a non-randomized controlled before and after study associated with planned measles and rubella mass vaccination campaigns in 14 areas in Zambia. Their method will also provide a more reliable measure of vaccination coverage.
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Simon Mutembo wa Macha Research Trust nchini Zambia ataendeleza mbinu ya kutambua na kuorodhesha watoto ambao hawajawahi kupokea chanjo ili waweze kulengwa wakati wa kampeni za chanjo za wingi. Wengi wa watoto hao wanaishi katika maeneo ya mbali na hawajulikani katika makadirio ya idadi ya watu. Mbinu yao inachanganya kazi ya shamba na wafanyikazi wa afya wa jamii na akili ya nafasi kwa kutumia programu ya kijiografia kwenye simu mahiri ili kuendeleza ramani za kijiografia za chanjo ya chanjo katika ngazi ya kaya. Nyumba zenye chanjo ndogo au zisizo na chanjo zinaweza kisha kulengwa moja kwa moja na wafanyikazi wa afya wa kampeni. Kwa mujibu wa utafiti huo, watafiti hao watatumia utafiti wa kabla na baada ya chanjo ya kuambukiza ugonjwa wa kipindupindu na rubella katika maeneo 14 nchini Zambia. Mbinu yao pia itatoa kipimo cha kuaminika zaidi cha chanjo. Habari zaidi kuhusu Uvumbuzi wa Utaratibu wa Utafiti wa Afya (Round 24)