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Table 1 Quality and adequacy of logistics, and quality of services provided during MR campaign

From: Implementation of the World’s largest measles-rubella mass vaccination campaign in Bangladesh: a process evaluation

Parameter

High-performing division (Rajshahi) N = 72

Low-performing division (Sylhet) N = 72

*p-value

Total N = 144

Availability of logistic-materials in the vaccination sessions

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

% (95% CI)

Vaccine vial

98.6

97.0–100

100

0.314

99.3 (98.2–100)

Vaccine carrier

97.2

93.9–100

100

0.153

98.6 (96.4–100)

Diluents

100

100

100

AD syringe

100

100

100

Finger marker

62.5

44.1–80.9

47.2

40.1–54.4

0.065

54.9 (46.5–63.2)

Soap

13.9

0–28.1

4.2

0–8.6

0.043

9.0 (3.4–14.6)

Cotton

80.6

65.3–95.8

52.8

45.9–59.6

0.000

66.7 (52.7–80.7)

Quality and adequacy of logistics

 Fully-melted ice pack

0.0

1.4

1.1–1.7

0.314

0.7 (0–2.1)

 Semi-frozen ice pack

34.7

23.7–45.7

73.6

63.4–83.8

0.000

54.2 (46.1–62.3)

 Registration form

33.3

5.4–61.3

38.9

30.0–47.8

0.484

36.1 (21.3–50.9)

 Adequate MR vaccine supplies

86.1

80.0–92.2

90.3

82.6–98.0

0.435

88.2 (82.9–93.5)

 Adequate needles or syringes

90.3

78.7–100

94.4

90.5–98.4

0.355

92.4 (85.9–98.8)

 Adequate both MR vaccine and needles or syringes

94.4

87.8–100

97.2

94.6–99.9

0.402

95.8 (91.9–99.8)

 Duration of session (Mean ± SD)

4.3 ± 1.4 h

4.0 ± 1.2 h

0.170 4.1 ± 1.3 h

Availability of firstline supervisor and volunteer

 Firstline supervisor

62.5

37.3–87.7

43.1

32.8–53.3

0.020

52.8 (40.1–65.5)

Volunteer

94.4

90.6–98.3

50.0

39.8–60.2

0.000

72.2 (56.1–88.4)

 Quality of services provided to individual children

N = 462

N = 453

*p-value

N = 915

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

% (95% CI)

 Handwashing before vaccination

44.2

41.0–50.0

8.8

3.9–13.8

0.000

26.7 (16.0–37.3)

Top of the vaccine box /carrier snugly placed

90.9

86.0–95.8

77.7

68.8–86.6

0.000

84.4 (80.2–88.6)

Child’s finger marked after vaccination

94.7

92.4–97.0

70.1

60.5–79.6

0.000

82.4 (77.2–87.7)

Vaccinator put a tally after each vaccination

98.7

97.4–99.9

67.2

56.6–77.8

0.000

83.0 (77.8–88.1)

Information on adverse event/side-effects provided

5.1

2.9–7.2

6.2

4.4–8.1

0.471

5.6 (4.2–7.1)

Applied non-touch technique

100

99.6

99.1–99.9

0.174

99.8 (99.6–100)

Used AD syringes put into the safety box

99.1

98.5–99.7

95.8

91.1–100

0.000

97.5 (95.0–99.9)

  1. * Fisher’s exact test