Vaccination And Monitoring

                                             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.