Franck Mboussou, Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula, Raoul Nembot, Simon Franky Baonga, Arnaud Njinkeu, Andreas Ateke Njoh, Joseph Nsiari-Muzeyi Biey, Mohamed Kaba, Adidja Amani, Bridget Farham, Phanuel Habimana, Benido Impouma
Three months after the first shipment of RTS,S1/AS01 vaccines, Cameroon started, on 22 January 2024, to roll out malaria vaccines in 42 districts among the most at risk for malaria. Cameroon adopted and implemented the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria vaccine readiness assessment tool to monitor the implementation of preintroduction activities at the district and national levels. One week before the start of the vaccine rollout, overall readiness was estimated at 89% at a national level with two out of the five components of readiness assessment surpassing 95% of performance (vaccine, cold chain and logistics and training) and three components between 80% and 95% (planning, monitoring and supervision, and advocacy, social mobilisation and communication)...
April 4, 2024: BMJ Global Health