The Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Dr Ali Imorou Bah Chabi, was joined by representatives from government, local authorities and partners at a national launch to mark the campaign in Parakou (Borgou) in March 2022.
The campaign to vaccinate the targeted 1,549,709 children aged 1-9 years required a robust logistics plan, delivered bya total of 1,274 vaccination teams, 2,548 health workers, 1,274 volunteers and 2,180 town criers. The figure below demonstrates the impressive administrative coverage at 106,75%.
The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) conducted, led to the catch-up vaccination of children in 15 out of 33 municipalities and a final vaccination coverage of 89%. Concerning adverse events following immunization, 1,744 were notifications were made , of which 39 serious ones were investigated.