GOALS AND STRATEGIES VWA 2006 - CARIBBEAN
Target
Country Population Risk Criteria Vaccines Population Goal Type of campaign Strategies
New employees,
policemen, Education, print,
custom officers, electronic,
hotel workers, High risk workers and Hep B, Td discussion:
Anguilla schools travelers (Adult), MMR 250 Mop up committee for VWA
identify population,
send letter to
identified population.
Education and
1-3 yr, 4-19 and Threat to diphtheria, DT/OPV (1-3 Mop up, door to assessment of
Antigua & Barbuda WCBA 20-30 tetanus, AFP, Rubella, CRS yr.), MMR2 door, home visit immunization status
350 visiting month
Belize
Vaccine campaign to
Td Vaccination of new educate and vaccine
Seniors Hep B employees, EPI deficiencies
High risk updates and according to EPI
Bermuda occupations Occupational 300 seniors practices
Re-registration;
14 months-18 MMR First and second increase public
Bonaire (NA) years 3,200 doses awareness
Review of
British Virgin 1 year olds MMR, Hep B, 100 vaccination registers
Islands Rubella, TT and HCWs
Missed dose, un-immunized Mop-up targeted to vaccination
Health workers and non-immune 300 health workers campaign
Target
Country Population Risk Criteria Vaccines Population Goal Type of campaign Strategies
MMR and Social mobilization,
Cayman Islands 25; new
employees,
school entrants, Hep B, TT, education,
police, fire, MMR, polio, TD community visits,
defense force High risk workers and and Td, yellow school health
Montserrat officers travelers fever 250 mop up program
General Increase public
Saba (NA) population awareness Media
St. Bartholomew
9-10 year old 50 (MMR) and Targeted school
defaulters (50 Defaulters un-immunized 10 HCWs (Hep and workplace Media and personal
St. Eustatius (NA) clients) HCWs MMR2; Hep B B) visits persuasion
Target
Country Population Risk Criteria Vaccines Population Goal Type of campaign Strategies
home visiting, media
coverage,
social mobilization lecture/discussion,
St. Kitts & Nevis < 5 years minority susceptibles all antigens TBA and mop up distribution of leaflets
St. Lucia
General Increase public
St. Maarten (NA) population awareness Media
St. Vincent and the social mobilization media coverage and
Grenadines < 5 years minority susceptibles all antigens TBA and mop up distribution of leaflets
Mop up in low
Suriname coverage areas
MMR for WCBA 100% of WCBA
WCBA and and Td for and 90-95% of Outreach activities,
vulnerable Remote areas and socio- vulnerable Vulnerable open house, mobile
groups economic aspects groups groups units
Trinidad and 11 yr. old and the 100% and 90- Public service
Tobago aged Cultural Td 95% announcements
Foreign
travelers,
hunters, forestry Exposure, beliefs and Multimedia, posters,
workers practices YF 100% handouts, literature.
Talk shows on TV
School age and radio, print
children 5-18 media, immunize in
years Hep B 400 schools, health
Turks and Caicos
institutions and
High risk groups an dhealth business places;
care workers who are outreach in general
15 to 49 yrs unimmunized MMR TBA public