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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  PACTR201301000454298
Date of registration: 12/11/2012
Primary sponsor: Cameroon Ministry of Public Health
Public title: Identifying interventions to improve immunization safety (4ISAFETY)
Scientific title: VACCINES SAFETY: EFFECT OF SUPERVISION AND SMS ON IMPROVING THE REPORTING RATE OF ADVERSE EVENTS FOLLOWING IMMUNIZATION.
Date of first enrolment: 2012-11-26
Target sample size: 480
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201301000454298
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,
Randomised,
stratified allocation (factors used to stratify are: Health region, category of health facilities),
Allocation will be determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site,
 
Countries of recruitment
South Africa
Contacts
Name: Blaise  Genton
Address:  Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel 4002 Basel Switzerland
Telephone: +41 79 556 58 68
Email: Blaise.Genton@unibas.ch
Affiliation:  Project leader
Name: Lazare  Kaptue
Address:  Clinique Batos 1937 Yaound? Cameroon
Telephone: 00237 77 93 42 32
Email: prkaptue@hotmail.com
Affiliation:  President Cameroon National Ethics Committee
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion and criteria
At health facility level
? Be officially recognized and situated in a health district involved in the December 2012 meningitis immunization campaign,
? Have at least one health personnel,
? Be providing permanent health care
At health personnel level
? Be in charge or involved in AEFI surveillance
? Be owner of a cell phone and subscriber of any of local telephone company
? Accept to be present during the intervention phase of the study period

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria
At health facility level
? Refusal to participate of the head of the health facility,
? Not covered by any of local telephone company network,
At health personnel level
? Not involved in AEFI surveillance,
? Be a a trainee,
? Target number of participants required (sample size)


Age minimum: 21 Year
Age maximum: 65 Year
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Immunization safety
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
AEFI reporting rate, Serious AEFI investigation rate
Secondary Outcome(s)
EAFI detection rate, Knowledge of health personnel on AEFI detection, reporting and investigation, Completeness of AEFI reporting form, Promptitude of AEFI reporting
Secondary ID(s)
208/CNE/SE/2012
Source(s) of Monetary Support
MA . SANTE (Meilleur Acces aux Soins de Sant?)
Cameroon country bureau WHO
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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