Vaccination And Monitoring
In Cameroon, the longtime fight against a ruthless enemy (Poliomyelitis) carries-on.
Poliomyelitis is an illness caused by a virus that paralises children
all their life. In Cameroon, the fight started in 1988. The fighting was done. But, in an approximately correct manner.
Everything seemed to move on pretty well for the country and its children.
Yet, unfortunately for us, the virus circulated in the country for 2 years
without being noticed. Then, came March
2014 when this ugly disease appeared again in a number of localities; all distant
from one-another. (Yoko, Djoungolo, Kribi) we were once more standing before a sinister,
but true situation.
Now, the question is, why was this disease invisible to the eyes of Cameroon's
medical system ?
The answer is that, in the country, there was
1- A very low and ineffective coverage of the country's territorial lands,
when it comes to vaccination.
2- A lack of Monitoring, or bad quality Supervision by Cameroon's medical
authorities.
And so, what is the remedy to this
dreadful situation ?
1- Undertake rapid corrective measures.
2- Make rightful and just evaluations free from
all incorrect and corrupt data (statistics).
Now, it is in this light that quality monitoring is prescribed in order to
save this desperate situation and help the children live healthy lives.
Thus, quality monitoring is a process in which information (data) is collected, analysed and rapid
corrections made in order to remedy to an
already bad situation. Hence, the overall objective of quality monitoring is to
determine and recuperate all non vaccinated children, get them vaccinated, and eventually
record all this information (data).
Quality monitoring is a procedural work done in 3 phases:
Phase 1: Pre- campaign period
Here, the essential
preparation of how the vaccination campaign will take place is put forward. (
logistics, calendar, venue, human resources, and many more)
Phase 2: Ongoing campaign period
Here, there is a serious
work of follow-up done in order not to miss-out on, or mix-up informations collected
on the field.
Phase 3: Post campaign period
Here, all information
(data) collected on the field is well
treated analysed. So as to bring forth durable solutions and remedy to the once
bad situation. All these, for the good of
our country - Cameroon.
This is why we W.H.O Monitors work
very hard to make things better. Make better things.
