Neonatal tetanus in Maputo, Mozambique Part II. Preventative measures
Cliff, J.
Central African Journal of Medicine 31(2): 27-8 31-2
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-9176 PMID: 4005944 Document Number: 414408
Results of a survey of health service use of 175 mothers of babies with neonatal tetanus in 1978-79 are presented, together with observations of the health services. 100 of the mothers had attended antenatal clinics, but few had been vaccinated in the clinics. The survey covered a period of a mass vaccination campaign which included immunization of women between 15 and 45 years of age with 1 dose of tetanus vaccine. The protective efficacy of this vaccine was estimated to be 73%. Since the survey, immunization coverage has improved with the implementation of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), and this coincided with a fall in the hospital incidence of neonatal tetanus. 12 mothers had delivered in a health facility, and 91 had attended soon after delivery for prophylactic treatment.