Expanded program on immunization multi year plan 2017. Compliance to timely vaccination in an expanded program on. Review of the gambia expanded programme on immunization, august september 2001 page 2 table of content acronyms 4 executive summary 6 1. Since the start of its operation in 1978, the expanded program on immunization epi has expanded and currently offers its immunization services towards seven vaccine. Chinas expanded program on immunization was launched in 1978 with four vaccines. To achieve these objectives, several vaccination strategies have been adopted, and recommended to be used in health facilities. Immunization continues to be one of the most powerful and costeffective interventions in public health. Global policies for immunization and establishment of the goal of providing universal immunization for all children by 1990 were established in 1977, this goal. The expanded program on immunization epi is a component of the child survival project csp whose objectives are to reduce the incidence rates of six childhood diseases measles, diphtheria. The expanded program on immunization epi was established by the world health organization who in 1974 to provide protection against six vaccinepreventable diseases through routine infant immunization. Expanded program on immunization organization immunization schedule monitoring new vaccines vaccines in pipeline vaccine prioritization decision making for ne vaccine new immunization plateform. The expanded programme on immunization was launched in 1980 with the objective of increasing the coverage by 10% annually.
The north dakota immunization program strives to reach or exceed healthy people 2020 goals for immunization rates. Basically, this module is prepared for the health center team, but other. In 1978, a resolution was approved by the pan american sanitary conference, establishing the working capital for the paho revolving fund operations. In the 1950s, only smallpox and bcg vaccines were used universally in china, while diphtheria, jev, cholera, and plague, and tt vaccines were used for epidemic control. And, in 1986, made a response to the universal child immunization goal. Expanded programme on immunisation epi sa revised childhood immunisation schedule from december 2015. Vaccinations are given in static, outreach and mobile health facilities.
The manual includes changes made to policies relating to the epi program. The expanded program on immunisation epi started in ethiopia in 1980 with the intention of increasing the immunisation coverage by 10% annually and reach 100% coverage in 1990. The world health organization who initiated the expanded program on immunization epi in may 1974 with the objective to vaccinate children throughout the world ten years later, in 1984, the who established a standardized vaccination schedule for the original epi vaccines. This revised edition of immunization in practice is the result of team work between who and other gavi alliance partners, particularly unicef, cdc, program for appropriate technologies in health path and john snow incorporated jsi, and many other individuals who are committed to improving immunization services throughout the world.
The document introduces new guidance as it pertains to the pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines. Immunization is done monthly in barangay health stations. Expanded program on immunization multi year plan 20172021. Advances and challenges for the expanded programme on. Overall goals of the north dakota immunization program. Every wednesday is designated as immunization day and is adopted in all parts of the country. Since then, many new vaccines have become available and global public funding for immunization, including the global alliance for vaccines. This 3year project aims to build national workforce capacity as a legacy of the stop program by training 56 south sudanese at national and state levels with the intent that participants would become ministry. The expanded program on immunization epi in pakistan protects against eight vaccinepreventable diseases and immunizes children below 23 months of age.
Six vaccinepreventable diseases were initially included in the epi. Healthy people provides sciencebased, 10year national objectives for improving the health of all americans. Pdf strengthening the expanded programme on immunization. Regional meeting on rotavirus and bacterial pneumonia meningitis surveillance. To assist in this transition, the south sudan expanded program on immunization human resources development project was launched in 2015. Pdf strengthening the expanded programme on immunization in. The expanded program on immunization epi was introduced in cameroon in 1976. Who and other gavi alliance partners, particularly unicef, cdc, program for. Expanding this program will decrease the morbidity and mortality due to vaccine preventable diseases. Minhaj ul haque, muhammad waheed, tayyeb masud, wasim shahid malick, hammad yunus, rahul rekhi, robert oelrichs, and oleg kucheryavenko. The global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began when the world health organization who launched the expanded programme on immunization epi in 1974. National immunization program reaching every child comprehensive multiyear plan 20682072 2011 2016. Expanded program on immunization department of health website.
This cmyp 2011 to 2015 provides a framework to plan activities to achieve the major objectives of the immunization program as endorsed in the moh policy. In spite of significant reductions over the past decade, the mortality rate of children under 5 years of age continues to remain high at 91 per live births. The prime minister has been pleased to call for public donations for pmcj fund for diamer basha and mohmand dam. However, the coverage in the first 20 years was very low although during the 1990s good progress was observed through universal child immunization uci. This information should be available from the road to health card and from the under five register see secondary tools box.
Epi is one of the main integrated health services in the country. Epi expanded programme on immunization ewars early warning and reporting system. Immunization information systems to increase vaccination. Cdcs strategic framework for global immunization, 20162020 builds on 50 years of the centers for disease control and prevention s public health leadership and global immunization expertise since we established the cdc smallpox eradication program in january 1966.
Expanded program on immunization philippines wikipedia. Cdc global health immunization new and underused vaccines. The year 2017 marks the 40 th year of the establishment of the expanded program on immunization epi by the pan american health organization paho, the regional office of the world health organization who in the americas, the first who region certified as eliminating poliomyelitis 1994, measles 2016, and rubella and congenital rubella syndrome crs 2015. Pakistan has a national expanded program on immunization epi which follows who and center for disease control and prevention cdc. First, the afar region is remote with very poor road. The expanded program on immunization in the english and. Licensure of several vaccines and shifting epidemiology in selected vaccinepreventable dis.
Despite progress in recent years, afghanistan is lagging behind in realizing the full potential of immunization. During 20052015, the childhood immunization schedule expanded substantially, with corresponding increased costs figure 1, sustained high immunization coverage of traditional vaccines, and increased coverage of newer vaccines figure 2. Immunization in practice world health organization. In february 1982, rotary adopted the goal of immunizing all of the worlds children against polio by the time of the 100th anniversary of rotary international, in 2005 2. Progress in vaccinepreventable and respiratory infectious. Immunization 1 immunization coverage has improved significantly since 2015, with an increase in national penta 3 coverage from 86% in 2015 to 94% in 2018, and national measles first dose mcv1 coverage from 82% in 2015 to 90% in 2018. Another national survey from 2014 to 2015 captured a signi cant gap in the percentage of.
Place a safety box close to the person giving vaccinations so that used syringes and. The importance of childhood immunization in prevention of highly fatal diseases and disability cannot be overemphasized. To understand the low uptake of immunization services, experts took a step back to investigate and document reasons why immunizations are not being used. Paraguays evaluation of the vaccination supplies stock management vssm software. The expanded program on immunization epi was established in 1976 to ensure that infantschildren and mothers have access to routinely recommended. The country is still endemic for polio transmission and measles outbreaks continue to occur. Results from 2 cluster surveys and routine reports trung dac nguyen1, anh duc dang1, pierre van damme2, cuong van nguyen1, hong thi duong1, herman goossens2, heidi theeten2, and elke leuridan2 1national institute of hygiene and epidemiology. Expanded program on immunization department of health. The expanded programme on immunization benefits of immunization. Uwizihiwe jp, bock h 2015 40 th anniversary of introduction of expanded immunization program epi. In the past two decades, the scope of immunization has expanded significantly as new vaccines and delivery technologies have been introduced into routine immunization programmes worldwide.
At this point, the immunisation coverage figures vary largely between regions, from more than 80% dpt 3 coverage in. Editorial etienne expanded program on immunization in the americas 2 rev panam salud publica 41, 2017. Advances and challenges for the expanded programme on immunization f t cutts who collaborating centre for the clinical evaluation of vaccines in developing countries, infectious and tropical disease department, london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, london, uk over 3 million deaths from measles, neonatal tetanus and pertussis are. Coverage of the expanded program on immunization in. Pdf shingai machingaidze and colleagues reflect on the successes and shortfalls.
Strengthening the expanded programme on immunization in africa. Regional provac workshop on strategies and costeffectiveness hpv vaccination. Vitamin a supplementation as part of the expanded programme on. Expanded program on immunisation epi world health organization. Coverage of the expanded program on immunization in vietnam. The immunisation schedule including the above vaccines stretches over. The project began in september 1979, and the success of this 3h immunization project expanded into a polio eradication program on an unprecedented scale. European center for disease prevention and control. In 1974, the world health organization who established the expanded program on immunization epi. Technical capacity assessment tca for expanded program on immunization goal.
Immunisation is amongst the most costeffective public health interventions for reducing global child morbidity and mortality. Published by the national department of health, the 2010 guidelines include an updated immunization schedule including the two new vaccines. Experiences, challenges, and lessons learned from an. Shortage of acellular pertussis containing vaccines and impact on immunization programmes in the eueea 8 october 2015. According to world health organization who, immunization averts 23 million deaths every year. Strengthening the expanded programme on immunization in. Pdf implementation of the expanded program on immunization. The purpose of the expanded programme on immunisation in south africa episa is to. Since 2010, the national targets have been to achieve a national coverage of 90, and 80 % at the level of health districts. The goal of this tool is to assist child health programs in assessing the critical elements for effective program implementation, and identifying those. The expanded program on immunization service delivery in the dschang health district, west region of cameroon. The expanded program on immunization epi in the philippines began in july 1979. National center for immunization and respiratory diseases, us cdc, december 2015 3.
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