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ReviewClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2015

Communication Challenges During the Development and Introduction of a New Meningococcal Vaccine in Africa.

Monique Berlier, Rodrigue Barry, John Shadid, Coimbra Sirica, Alison Brunier, Hayatee Hasan, Enricke Bouma

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Review in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  11. Community Perspectives Associated With the African PsA-TT (MenAfriVac) Vaccine Trials.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2015
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  12. Introduction and Rollout of a New Group A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PsA-TT) in African Meningitis Belt Countries, 2010-2014.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2015
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7 authors.

Monique BerlierMeningitis Vaccine Project, PATH, Ferney-Voltaire, France.
Rodrigue BarryInter-country Support Team for West Africa, World Health Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
John ShadidUnited Nations Children's Fund, West and Central Africa Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal.
Coimbra SiricaBurness Communications, Bethesda, Maryland.
Alison BrunierDepartment of Communication Capacity Building.
Hayatee HasanDepartment of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Enricke BoumaMeningitis Vaccine Project, PATH, Ferney-Voltaire, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA new group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine was developed to eliminate deadly meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.

methodsFrom the outset of the project, advocacy and communication strategies were developed and adjusted as the project evolved in Europe, Africa, India, and the United States. Communications efforts were evidence-based, and involved partnerships with the media and various stakeholders including African ministries of health, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Gavi, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Médecins Sans Frontières.

resultsThe implementation of an integrated communication strategy ensured the active cooperation of stakeholders while providing an organized and defined format for the dissemination of project-related developmental activities and the successful introduction of the vaccine.

conclusionsEarly in the project, a communications strategy that engaged stakeholders and potential supporters was developed. The strategy was implemented and adapted as the project matured. Linked communication proved to be key to the successful wide-scale introduction of the PsA-TT (MenAfriVac) vaccine in Africa.

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Interdisciplinary CommunicationInternational CooperationAfrica South of the SaharaDisease Transmission, InfectiousEuropeHumansImmunization ProgramsIndiaMeningitis, MeningococcalMeningococcal VaccinesUnited StatesWorld Health OrganizationMenAfriVacMeningococcal Vaccinesadvocacy and communicationcrisis communicationmeningitis beltmessagingvaccine introduction

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PMCPMC4639482

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