Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Malaysia has adopted a goal for measles elimination by 2025. Measles control strategies such as supplementary immunisation activities (SIAs) are needed to achieve optimal immunisation coverage. Titiwangsa Health Office was identified as a pilot project for measles-SIAs in Health Department of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya based on the measles risk assessment. METHODS: Data on the SIAs conducted in Titiwangsa Health Office from September 2018 to Mac 2019 was analysed. RESULTS: A total of 13,804 children age range between six months to less than 7 years old were found during the SIAs. Of these 19,519 (89.34%) were vaccinated with monovalent measles vaccine. The number was higher among children in kindergartens and pre-schools (n=6388), followed by clinics (n=11,984) and door to door (n=1147). About 204 who missed their routine immunisation were vaccinated with DTaP (52.9%), MMR (29.9%) and Hep B (17.2%). Absent and incomplete consent form were the main reasons for not vaccinating them during the SIAs. Also, there was a reduction of number of measles cases before and after the SIAs. CONCLUSION: SIAs have made a substantial contribution to reduce number of measles cases as well as reaching children missed by routine vaccination program. The ongoing SIAs will be completed in August 2019.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-85,
title = {Supplementary Immunisation Activities in Titiwangsa Health Office: A Preliminary Findings},
author = {Roslaili Khairudin and Aida Mohd Azlan and Nor Maizura Haron and Misliza Ahmad},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Malaysia has adopted a goal for measles elimination by 2025. Measles control strategies such as supplementary immunisation activities (SIAs) are needed to achieve optimal immunisation coverage. Titiwangsa Health Office was identified as a pilot project for measles-SIAs in Health Department of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya based on the measles risk assessment. METHODS: Data on the SIAs conducted in Titiwangsa Health Office from September 2018 to Mac 2019 was analysed. RESULTS: A total of 13,804 children age range between six months to less than 7 years old were found during the SIAs. Of these 19,519 (89.34%) were vaccinated with monovalent measles vaccine. The number was higher among children in kindergartens and pre-schools (n=6388), followed by clinics (n=11,984) and door to door (n=1147). About 204 who missed their routine immunisation were vaccinated with DTaP (52.9%), MMR (29.9%) and Hep B (17.2%). Absent and incomplete consent form were the main reasons for not vaccinating them during the SIAs. Also, there was a reduction of number of measles cases before and after the SIAs. CONCLUSION: SIAs have made a substantial contribution to reduce number of measles cases as well as reaching children missed by routine vaccination program. The ongoing SIAs will be completed in August 2019.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Titiwangsa, Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur},
keywords = {measles, measles vaccine, Supplementary Immunisation Activities, Titiwangsa Health Office},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}