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Immunisation program training needs in 9 countries in the African Region

INTRODUCTION: regular in-service training of healthcare workers within the immunization program is critical to address the program needs created by the introduction of new vaccines and technologies, as well as the expanding scope of immunisation programmes beyond infant immunization and towards a li...

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Autores principales: Masresha, Balcha Girma, Dochez, Carine, Bwaka, Ado, Eshetu, Meseret, Paluku, Gilson, Mihigo, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34422164
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.39.41.29492
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author Masresha, Balcha Girma
Dochez, Carine
Bwaka, Ado
Eshetu, Meseret
Paluku, Gilson
Mihigo, Richard
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Dochez, Carine
Bwaka, Ado
Eshetu, Meseret
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Mihigo, Richard
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description INTRODUCTION: regular in-service training of healthcare workers within the immunization program is critical to address the program needs created by the introduction of new vaccines and technologies, as well as the expanding scope of immunisation programmes beyond infant immunization and towards a life-course approach. National immunization programs conduct in-service training of health workers depending on program needs and particularly when new program elements are introduced. METHODS: we conducted a survey of national and provincial level immunization program staff in 9 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region to determine the perceived needs and preferred training methods for capacity building in immunisation. RESULTS: nearly all of the respondents (98.3%) stated that there are skill gaps at their respective levels in the immunization program which require training, with 88% indicating that mid-level program management (MLM) training was needed to train new program staff, while 78% indicated program performance gaps and 60% of the respondents stated that refresher training is needed. Program areas identified as top priorities for training included immunisation monitoring and data quality, sustainable immunization financing, adverse events monitoring and community mobilization. More than three quarters of the respondents (78%) think that online MLM training is adequate to address program gaps. Only four of the 9 immunization program managers indicated that they regularly monitor the number of MLM trained staff within their national program. CONCLUSION: there is a strong need for in-service training of immunization program officers in the countries surveyed, especially at the subnational levels. Program managers should conduct regular monitoring of the training status of staff, as well as conduct detailed training needs assessments in order to tailor the training approaches and topics. Online training provides an acceptable approach for capacity building of immunization program staff.
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spelling pubmed-83569352021-08-20 Immunisation program training needs in 9 countries in the African Region Masresha, Balcha Girma Dochez, Carine Bwaka, Ado Eshetu, Meseret Paluku, Gilson Mihigo, Richard Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: regular in-service training of healthcare workers within the immunization program is critical to address the program needs created by the introduction of new vaccines and technologies, as well as the expanding scope of immunisation programmes beyond infant immunization and towards a life-course approach. National immunization programs conduct in-service training of health workers depending on program needs and particularly when new program elements are introduced. METHODS: we conducted a survey of national and provincial level immunization program staff in 9 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region to determine the perceived needs and preferred training methods for capacity building in immunisation. RESULTS: nearly all of the respondents (98.3%) stated that there are skill gaps at their respective levels in the immunization program which require training, with 88% indicating that mid-level program management (MLM) training was needed to train new program staff, while 78% indicated program performance gaps and 60% of the respondents stated that refresher training is needed. Program areas identified as top priorities for training included immunisation monitoring and data quality, sustainable immunization financing, adverse events monitoring and community mobilization. More than three quarters of the respondents (78%) think that online MLM training is adequate to address program gaps. Only four of the 9 immunization program managers indicated that they regularly monitor the number of MLM trained staff within their national program. CONCLUSION: there is a strong need for in-service training of immunization program officers in the countries surveyed, especially at the subnational levels. Program managers should conduct regular monitoring of the training status of staff, as well as conduct detailed training needs assessments in order to tailor the training approaches and topics. Online training provides an acceptable approach for capacity building of immunization program staff. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8356935/ /pubmed/34422164 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.39.41.29492 Text en Copyright: Balcha Girma Masresha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bwaka, Ado
Eshetu, Meseret
Paluku, Gilson
Mihigo, Richard
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title_fullStr Immunisation program training needs in 9 countries in the African Region
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title_short Immunisation program training needs in 9 countries in the African Region
title_sort immunisation program training needs in 9 countries in the african region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356935/
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