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. 1994;72(2):227–231.

Measles control in Maputo, Mozambique, using a single dose of Schwarz vaccine at age 9 months.

F T Cutts 1, O Monteiro 1, P Tabard 1, J Cliff 1
PMCID: PMC2486532  PMID: 8205642

Abstract

In Maputo city, immunization is available at government health facilities, all contacts being used to vaccinate children. Door-to-door mobilization is conducted to identify eligible children and refer them for immunization. Card-documented measles vaccine coverage, estimated by community surveys, rose from 48% in 1982 to 86% in 1986 and 92% in 1992. The median age at measles vaccination was 10.2 months in 1986 and 9.2 months in 1992. The reported measles incidence rates per 100,000 population fell by 92% from 569 in 1977-78 (pre-vaccination) to 44 in 1990-92, and the reported inpatient measles mortality fell from 19.8 to 0.7 per 100,000. Among children whose age at measles onset was known, the proportion of reported measles cases in children under 9 months of age fell from 2162 (20.3% of 10,636 cases) in 1982-85 to 1695 (17.8% of 9501 cases) in 1986-92. The proportion of cases in children aged > or = 5 years increased from 15.2% to 32.8% in the corresponding periods. The global goals for measles control can be achieved by a single dose of Schwarz vaccine at 9 months of age.

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