EVALUATION OF SOCIAL MOBILIZATION COMPONENT OF THE SECOND YEAR OF LIFE (2YL) PROJECT ON IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IN ADAKLU DISTRICT, GHANA

Authors : Justice BAAH, Justice NONVİGNON, Moses AİKİNS, Genevieve Cecilia ARYEETEY

Pages : 1-14

Doi:10.33457/ijhsrp.1012176

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Publication Date : 2022-04-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Ghana has had relatively high immunization coverage of more than 85% for infant antigens in the first year of life. However, there is decline in immunization coverage for vaccines provided during the second year of life insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2YL); of the child. As part of the 2YL project implemented in Ghana to strengthen the 2YL immunization platform, social mobilization strategies were utilized to help improve coverage for vaccines provided in the 2YL of a child. This study aims to evaluate the impact of social mobilization components of the 2YL project on immunization coverage in Adaklu district, Volta region, Ghana. A pre-experimental design; single-group pretest-posttest design was utilized to assess whether there was a significant change in immunization coverage pre- and post-intervention. Data on health facilities’ immunization coverage were collected from DHMIS II before, during and after the intervention. The Pearson chi square, fisher’s exact, Wilcoxon sign rank test and paired t-test were used to evaluate the impact of the intervention implemented in 2017 on identified outcomes mainly Penta3, MR1, MR2 and MenA. The results indicated a significant improvement in dropout rate between first and second dose of Measles Rubella vaccines in health facilities within the district. The number of health facilities that recorded negative rate increased to 70% in 2018 from 25% in 2016. Also, the annual district immunization coverage for Second dose of Measles increased form 73% in 2016 to 84% in 2017 and 82.5% in 2018. The implementation of the social mobilization had a positive effect on immunization coverage in the district. The intervention resulted in increased immunization coverage and significantly reduced measles Rubella dropout rate.
Keywords : Immunization coverage, Social mobilization, Second Year of life 2YL, , Evaluation