Objectives. To determine the routine and mass immunisation coverage in children aged
between 12 and 23 months in the Dikgale-Soekmekaar district, Northern Province, South …

A local component of the national measles vaccination campaign was evaluated in an area
undergoing rapid urbanisation near Cape Town. Four serial cross-sectional cluster samples …

A mass measles immunisation campaign, with a target coverage rate of 85-90%, was
launched in Khayelitsha, a rapidly growing urban township in the Cape Town area. Cross …

Introduction: Efforts at immunizing children against measles was intensified in Nigeria with
nation-wide measles vaccination campaigns in 2005-2006, 2008 and 2011 targeting …

Methods A cross sectional observational descriptive survey was conducted among students
attending grades 6 at the Leon Mba high school in Libreville. Results In total, 304 students …

The 1990 national mass measles immunisation campaign resulted in a marked reduction in
measles incidence in Natal/KwaZulu in the first 6 months after the campaign. Data from the …

Recent epidemics of poliomyelitis and measles in the Edendale/Vulindlela district of
KwaZulu spurred an investigation into the causes of vaccination failure. Vaccination …

After years of declining immunization rates, a nationwide measles vaccination campaign in
Kenya, the largest ever to be undertaken in Africa, was judged ''very successful''by Minister …

Abstract Background In South Africa, as part of an effort to eliminate indigenous measles by
2002, vaccination campaigns were conducted in 1996–1997 targeting all children aged 9 …

Introduction: Measles is a public health problem especially in South Asia and Africa. Nylon
Health District has experienced two measles outbreaks over a period of three years. We …