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ArticleWestern Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR

Lessons from a community vaccination programme to control a meningococcal disease serogroup W outbreak in remote South Australia, 2017.

Louise Flood, Matthew McConnell, Luda Molchanoff, Zell Dodd, Jana Sisnowski, Melissa Fidock, Tina Miller, Karli Borresen, Hannah Vogt, Andrew Lane

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Article in Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Louise FloodCommunicable Disease Control Branch, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Matthew McConnellCountry Health SA Local Health Network, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Luda MolchanoffCountry Health SA Local Health Network, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Zell DoddCeduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia.
Jana SisnowskiCommunicable Disease Control Branch, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Melissa FidockCommunicable Disease Control Branch, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Tina MillerCeduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia.
Karli BorresenMedia and Communications Branch, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Hannah VogtCommunicable Disease Control Branch, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Andrew LaneCountry Health SA Local Health Network, South Australia Department for Health and Wellbeing, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
WA Country Health Service · AUAboriginal Health Council of South Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

problemFrom December 2016 to February 2017, two cases of invasive meningococcal disease and one case of meningococcal conjunctivitis, all serogroup W, occurred in Aboriginal children in the Ceduna region of South Australia. The clustering of cases in time and place met the threshold for a community outbreak. CONTEXT: The Ceduna region is a remote part of South Australia, with more than 25% of the population identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. ACTION: As part of the outbreak response, a community-wide meningococcal vaccination programme against serogroups A, C, W and Y was implemented in a collaboration among different agencies of the South Australia Department for Health and Well-being, Aboriginal health and community services providers, and other local service providers and government agencies. The programme comprised an outbreak vaccination schedule, targeting all people aged OUTCOME: Between March and June 2017, 3383 persons were vaccinated, achieving an estimated coverage of 71-85% of the target population, with 31% ( DISCUSSION: The participation of a large number of local and non-health-sector stakeholders in programme planning and implementation, a clear response management structure and high community acceptability were identified as key factors that contributed to the programme achieving high vaccination coverage. The need to develop standard operating procedures for community-based outbreak response interventions to ease logistical challenges was considered an important lesson learnt.

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AdolescentAdultCommunity Health ServicesDisease OutbreaksFemaleHumansImmunization ProgramsMaleMeningococcal InfectionsMeningococcal VaccinesMiddle AgedNeisseria meningitidisProgram EvaluationSerogroupSouth AustraliaYoung AdultMeningococcal Vaccines

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PMID34094620
PMCPMC8143929
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