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© 1980 Oxford University Press

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Practical Evaluation of a Pilot Immunization Campaign Against Typhoid Fever in a Cambodian Refugee Camp

UELI BOLLAG*

*Senior Lecturer in Child Health, Faculty of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria

Correspondence: USC School of Medicine, Division of Research in Medical Education, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.

Bollag U [Senior Lecturer in Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of llorin, P.M.B. 1515, llorin, Nigeria). Practical evaluation of a pilot immunization campaign against typhoid fever in a Cambodian refugee camp. International Journal of Epidemiology 1980, 9: 121–122.

An outbreak of typhoid fever in the largest refugee camp of the besieged capital of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, and availability of a locally manufactured Anti-Tetanus-Typhoid-Paratyphoid vaccine prompted us to test the practicability of a mass immunization campaign by carrying out a trial in the smaller, well delineated refugee camp of Pochentong. Initial acceptance was good, due to a comprehensive service (information, health education and individual care of patients). Attendances by adults and children showed a steady decline with only 20% completing the course. It is concluded that multiinjection immunization campaigns against typhoid-paratyphoid are a waste of money in a war-torn situation with an unstable population.

Received 23 September 1979


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