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High vaccination coverage and inadequate knowledge: Findings from a community-based cross-sectional study on Japanese Encephalitis in Yangon, Myanmar

Kyaw PP, Shewade HD, Kyaw NTT, Phyo KH, Lin HH, Kyaw AMM, Mya MM, Thaung S, Maung YNM
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High vaccination coverage and inadequate knowledge: Findings from a community-based cross-sectional study on Japanese Encephalitis in Yangon, Myanmar | Conference Material / Abstract | MSF Science Portal
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne disease with high case fatality and no specific treatment. Little is known about the community’s (especially parents/guardians of children) awareness regarding JE and its vaccine in Yangon region, which bears the highest JE burden in Myanmar.

METHODS
We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in Yangon region (2019) to explore the knowledge and perception of parents/guardians of 1-15 year-old children about JE disease, its vaccination and to describe JE vaccine coverage among 1-15 year-old children. We followed multi-stage random sampling (three stages) to select the 600 households with 1-15 year-old children from 30 clusters in nine townships. Analyses were weighted (inverse probability sampling) for the multi-stage sampling design.

RESULTS
Of 600 parents/guardians, 38% exhibited good knowledge of JE, 55% perceived JE as serious in children younger than 15 years and 59% perceived the vaccine to be effective. Among all the children in the 600 households, the vaccination coverage was 97% (831/855).

CONCLUSION
In order to reduce JE incidence in the community, focus on an intensified education program is necessary to sustain the high vaccine coverage in the community

Countries

Japan

Subject Area

vaccination

Languages

English
DOI
10.12688/f1000research.21702.3
Published Date
08 Sep 2020
Conference
MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
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