1. Improving SIA Quality: Lessons Learned
Partners for Measles Advocacy
7th Annual Meeting

2. Panel Participants Robert Perry (CDC) Casey Boudreau (WHO / AFRO)
Marcy Erskine (CRC)
Lynda Foray (Sierra Leone MoH)
Stefan Hoyer (IFRC)
Monique Petrofsky (CDC)

3. The Issues What is “quality” Previous SIAs good quality
High coverage
Uniform coverage (across districts)
Few adverse events
Previous SIAs good quality
New round of (follow-up) campaigns
More campaigns integrating ITNs

4. Recent Challenges SIA coverage low not uniform in all districts
Outbreaks in year before follow-up SIAs
Recurring operational / technical problems
Bumps in the road to integration
Challenge in bringing all partners to the table
Integrating with OPV vs. measles SIAs
Delay in Kenya measles SIA to allow integration
Ghana measles SIA had low coverage in age groups not included in ITN distribution