Table 1 Description of special interventions conducted in the 10 local government areas with tributaries to the Kamacha River- Kaduna, Nigeria, 2014–2016
Intervention | Description | Where it was used before in Nigeria | When we started using it in Kamacha |
|---|---|---|---|
1) Walk-through Micro plans | Enumeration and line-listing of households and children < 5 years and < 1 year of age in each them. | Kano state in September 2013 | April 2015 |
2) DOPV | Directly observed outside OPV vaccination of children. It was used exclusively for the first 2–3 days of each round of OPV vaccination | Bauchi and Kano, in year in August 2014 | Introduced to Kamacha LGAs in September 2014 and scaled up in April 2015 |
3) Youth engagement | Youth engaged in wards and settlements with high resistant of polio vaccination and Vaccination team harassment | Rigassa in Igabi LGA Kaduna state from May 2014 | Introduced to Kamacha LGAs in September 2014 and scaled up in April 2015 |
4) Transit points vaccination | Vaccination in motor parks, roads blocks and markets | Borno, Yobe, and Taraba | Introduced to Kamacha LGAs in September 2014 and scaled up in April 2015 |
5) In-between rounds Vaccination | Vaccination in settlements with high missed children during SIAs or settlements with potential immunity gaps. | Borno, Yobe in 2013 | April 2015 |
6) Engagement of Independent monitors | Monitor implementation of planned activities (in-process) | Kaduna & other states | April 2015 |