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Immunization Outside the Expanded Program on

Immunization in Abidjan City, Cote d’Ivoire
Douba A*, Boa A, Ekra KD, Bénié BVJ, Aka J,
Abstract
Menan H, Abokon A, N’guessan BT,Timite-Konan
M, Ouattara SG, Sow K, Kouassi NJ, Tiembré I Immunization is one of the greatest achievements of public health policies.
and Bissagnené E To compensate for the lack of information on the non-EPI immunization
1Comité National d’Experts Indépendants pour la coverage, a study was conducted in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This research study
Vaccination et les Vaccins de Côte d’Ivoire s/c Institut had three objectives: To estimate Yellow Fever, Meningitis, Tetanus, Typhoid
National d’hygiène Publique, Cote d’Ivoire Fever, Hepatitis B, Pneumococcus, and Influenza vaccine immunization
*Corresponding author: Alfred Douba, Comité coverage among people aged at least 2 years in Abidjan city, to identify
National d’Experts Indépendants pour la Vaccination variables associated with the vaccination status and to determine the reasons
et les Vaccins de Côte d’Ivoire s/c Institut National for non-vaccination. The method used was cluster sampling. The study included
d’hygiène Publique, Cote d’Ivoire 2000 respondents from 8 health districts. Findings showed that immunization
coverage was 2.4% for influenza, 2.7% for pneumococcus, 6.1% for hepatitis B,
Received: February 10, 2017; Accepted: April 20, 2017; 14.8% for typhoid fever, 17.3% for tetanus, 19.9% for meningitis, and 59% for
Published: May 01, 2017 yellow fever vaccine. Gender, sanitary district, head of household’s income and
educational level were variables associated with at least 4 vaccines statuses.
Main reasons for non-vaccination were ignorance of the need for immunization,
ignorance of the target population for immunization, negligence and the high
costs of vaccines. Effort is needed to increase immunization coverage in
Abidjan, and generally in Cote d’Ivoire.
Keywords: Immunization; coverage; Cote d’Ivoire

Abbreviations due to immunization was estimated at 14-20 US dollars, i.e. 7000-10

000 FCFA, assuming that a US dollar is worth 500 FCFA [14].
EPI: Expanded Program on Immunization; WHO: World Health
Organization; WAHO: West African Health Organization Implementation of the WHO EPI has been widespread across
the world and its coverage reflected in the number of vaccines and
Introduction target population in implementing countries including Côte d’Ivoire.
Immunization is one of the greatest achievements of public health However, in Côte d’Ivoire as in many other countries, coverage data
policies [1]. Second to access to drinking water, immunization is one on the non-EPI populations are scarce. For example a study among
of the most effective public health measure for controlling infectious university of Abidjan-Cocody students showed only 3.7% coverage
diseases [2]. It has significantly contributed to saving millions of for Hepatitis B vaccination [15]. This study however, did not give full
children’s lives around the world particularly since the launch of coverage of non-EPI vaccination coverage in Abidjan. To compensate
the World Health Organization (WHO) Expanded Program on for the limited information, this study seeks to estimate non-EPI
Immunization (EPI) in 1974 and its implementation [3,4]. Public immunization coverage in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The study estimates
health accomplishments with immunization include eradication immunization coverage for Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Meningitis, Yellow
of smallpox in 1980 [5,6] and the reduction in reported polio cases Fever and Typhoid Fever among people aged at least 2 years in
from 350,000 in 125 countries in 1988 [7,8] to 9 in 2 countries in 2015 Abidjan city. In addition we examine factors associated with the
[9]. Other success from immunization includes the neonatal tetnus vaccination status and determine reasons for non-vaccination.
elimination Initiatives and its immunization and the immunization Materials and Methods
of pregnant women and women of childbearing age. Through the
neonatal tetnus elimination and combined with clean and safe The study use data from a cross-sectional household survey
childbirths and umbilical cord care during the neonatal period, have conducted in the 8 sanitary districts of Abidjan city: Eastern Abobo,
helped to reduce neonatal tetanus cases in the world from 10538 to Western Abobo, Adjamé-Plateau, Cocody-Bingerville, Koumassi-
2161 cases, 2603 to 835 cases in Africa, and in specifically in Côte Port Bouet, Marcory-Treichville, Eastern Yopougon and Western
d’Ivoire from 311 to 12 cases, from 1995 to 2014 [10-12]. Yopougon-Songon. The survey was conducted over 31 days from
April to May 2016.
Vaccines and Immunization are among the most cost-effective
health intervention [13]. In the USA for example, smallpox The survey included one person selected from each household
eradication cost 100 million US dollars and that also enabled the who had lived in one of the 8 sanitary districts in Abidjan city for at
world to yield about 1.35 billion annual savings over the 10 years least 6 months, never been vaccinated since he/she was born, and was
following the eradication of the disease. There are even greater at least 2 years old. If the selected person in a household was less than
benefits in low-income countries where gaining a year of healthy life 18 years old, one of the adults in the home answered the questions.

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Table 1: Distribution of number of households and clusters by district.

Districts Number of households Number of households to be surveyed Number of 7-person clusters

Eastern Abobo 147982 267 38

Western Abobo 100379 181 26

Adjamé Plateau 160975 291 42

Cocody Bingerville 134096 242 35

Koumassi Port-Bouet 201384 364 52

TreichvilleMarcory 105526 191 27

Eastern Yopougon 109533 198 28

Western Yopougon Songon 147206 266 38

TOTAL 1107081 2000 286

Those who refused to participate in the study and those absent from vaccinated against each non-EPI vaccine: yellow fever, meningitis,
household at the time of the interviewers’ visits were excluded from typhoid fever, pneumococcus, influenza, hepatitis B and tetanus.
the study.
These vaccines are on the list of vaccines provided by the National
Sampling method and sample size Institute for Public Hygiene which is the national organization in
The method used was cluster sampling. A cluster was made up of charge of immunization outside the EPI in Côte d’Ivoire.
7 people. We selected the areas to be visited in each sanitary district Other variables in the study include gender (male and female),
using a cluster sampling. In each area, the households to be surveyed age, educational level (unschooled, nursery and primary, secondary,
were selected according to the WHO method for immunization and higher), religion (Christianity, Islam), marital status (Married,
coverage surveys. In each household, one person was surveyed. The single, cohabitation), head of household’s monthly income, and
person surveyed per household was selected using a simple random sanitary district of residence (Eastern Abobo, Western Abobo,
sampling. Adjamé-Plateau, Cocody-Bingerville, Koumassi-PortBouet,
Marcory-Treichville, Eastern Yopougon and Western Yopougon-
The formula used to calculate the sample size was as follows:
Songon).
Complete immunization refers to having taken all vaccines
with (yellow fever, meningitis, typhoid fever, pneumococcal infections,
influenza, hepatitis B and tetanus).
eg: Cluster effect = 2
The reasons for non-vaccination were grouped into four
εα: Reduced deviation of the normal distribution at α standard
categories. Category 1 refers to “lack of information” included
error = 1.96
ignorance of the need for immunization, of the target population for
i: precision of the estimate = 0.05 immunization, of the place of immunization, of the immunization
schedules, the fear of adverse reactions and the misconceptions about
p: rate of immunization coverage outside EPI expected for each contraindications to vaccination.
vaccine = 6%
Category 2 refers to “lack of motivation” included the distrust
Let’s assume a sample of 174 people per sanitary district. The of immunization, rumours, vaccination postponement, negligence
sample size of all 8 sanitary districts was at least 1,392 people. and lack of time due to activities. Category 3 refers to “barriers
The sample size was finally rounded up to 2,000 people, i.e. 286 to immunization” included the remoteness of immunization
clusters of 7 people. A proportional allocation of this size per sanitary place, inconvenient vaccination hours, poor welcome, absence of
district was used (ni = n x (Ni /N)). vaccinators, too long wait, high transportation costs, and high prices
of vaccines. Category 4 refers to “other reasons” included sickness,
With: dependency on parents, fear of injections, lack of financial resources,
ni = number of people to be surveyed per sanitary district travel purpose, and prohibition against vaccines.

n = sample size (2 000people) Data analysis

SPSS 20 was used for the analysis.
Ni = number of households in the sanitary district
We calculate the proportions for each category of reasons for
N = number of households in all 8 sanitary districts of Abidjan non-vaccination. The denominator used in the calculation of these
city (1107081) proportions was the number of people surveyed. The Chi-square test
Distribution of number of households and clusters by district is was performed to investigate any association between each dependent
presented in Table 1. variable and the independent variables.

Measurement Ethical considerations 

Immunization status refers to having been vaccinated or not Prior to participation in the study, we obtained informed consents

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Table 2: Distribution of immunization coverage per vaccine.

Vaccine against

Yellow Fever Meningitis Tetanus Typhoid Fever Hepatitis B Pneumococcus Influenza

Immunization coverage (%) 59.7 19.9 17.3 14.8 6.1 2.7 2.4

Complete immunization (%) 0.5

from the respondents or their parents if they were under 18 years. The Table 3: Distribution of reasons for non-vaccination.
anonymity of respondents was respected. Reasons for non-vaccination Number
Percentage
(%)
Results Lack of information 1 654 82.58

Ignorance of the need for immunization 587 29.30

Characteristics of sample
689
A total of 1,952 people were interviewed. Two thirds of the Ignorance of the target population for immunization 31.40

respondents were females (66.4%). The median age was 29 years, Ignorance of the immunization place 277 13.83
ranging from 2 to 84 years. Among the respondents, 54.2% were Ignorance of the immunization schedules 44 02.20
aged between 21 and 40. In terms of educational level, a third of Fear of adverse reactions 33 01.65
the respondents had secondary education (32.5%), slightly over a
Misconception about contraindications to vaccination 24 01.20
quarter were unschooled people (27.1%). Almost two-thirds of the
respondents were Christians (59.6%) and a slightly over a third were Lack of motivation 842 42.04
Muslims (37.8%). The proportion of respondents who did not live as a Distrust of immunization 20 01.00
couple was 53.9%. The vast majority of respondents did not know the Rumours 16 00.80
head of household’s income (60.4%). The proportion of respondents
Postponed vaccination 21 01.05
with vaccination records was 35.7%.
Negligence 600 29.95
Immunization coverage
Very busy, parents very busy 185 09.24
Distribution of immunization coverage is presented in Table 2.
Barriers to immunization 748 37.34
Overall, 59% of respondents had yellow fever vaccine and 2.4% had
influenza vaccine. Only 0.5% of respondents had all vaccines (yellow Remote vaccination place 64 03.19

fever, meningitis, typhoid fever, pneumococcal infections, influenza, Inconvenient vaccination hours 08 00.40
hepatitis B and tetanus). Poor welcome 05 00.25
Reasons for non-vaccination Vaccinator absent 06 00.30
Distribution of reasons for non-vaccination is presented in Table Vaccines missing 13 00.65
3. The lack of information, motivation and barriers to immunization Long wait 16 00.80
were the main categories for reasons of non-vaccination. Specifically,
High transportation cost 13 00.65
the main reasons for non-vaccination were ignorance of the need
for immunization (29.30%), ignorance of the target population for High prices of vaccines 623 31.10

immunization (31.40%), negligence (29.95%) and the high costs of Other reasons 98 01.95
vaccines (31.10%). Vaccination prohibited by religious leader, traditional
00 00.00
healer, father, others
Socio-demographic variables associated with Sickness 10 00.50
immunization status
Dependency on parents 02 00.10
Association between immunization status and selected socio-
Fear of injections 04 00.20
demographic variables is presented in Table 4-5. Gender, sanitary
district, head of household’s income and educational level were Lack of financial resources 20 01.00

significantly associated with at least 4 vaccines statuses with at least Travel 03 00.15
4 vaccines statuses (yellow fever, meningitis, hepatitis B and tetanus).
fever and meningitis which are epidemic-prone and hepatitis B which
Discussion has a high prevalence (13%) in the population of the country [16].
Immunization coverage Among the vaccines included in this study, the yellow fever
The immunization coverage varied from one vaccine to another vaccine had the highest coverage. This could be due to the yellow
ranging from 2.4% for influenza vaccine to 59% for yellow fever fever outbreaks that occurred in Abidjan in 2001 and 2008 for
vaccine. This immunization coverage (19.9% for meningitis, 17.3% which reactive vaccination campaigns were organized [17,18]. In
for tetanus, 14.8% for typhoid fever, 6.1% for hepatitis B and 2.7% for addition, this could be due to the fact that the yellow fever vaccine is
pneumococcus) indicated that a small proportion of the population mandatory for who so ever is entering or leaving the Ivorian territory
(in Abidjan) was vaccinated against these vaccine-preventable [19,20]. According to the World Health Organization, yellow fever
diseases. This implies that the vast majority of the population in immunization coverage less than 60% is not sufficient to prevent
Abidjan was at risk of contracting these diseases, including yellow yellow fever outbreaks [21]. Thus, the population of Abidjan city

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Table 4: Association between immunization status and selected socio-demographic variables.

Yellow fever Meningitis Typhoid fever Pneumococcus
2 2 2
X P X P X P X2 P

Gender

Female 6.66 0.01 10.37 0.001 1.07 0.29 0.22 0.63

Male

Age

2-20

21-40 6.31 0.09 0.53 0.91 1.30 0.72 37.21 0.0001

41-60

61-84

Educational level

unschooled

Nursery and primary 38.28 0.0001 14.17 0.003 22.36 0.0001 16.95 0.001

Secondary

Higher

Religion

Christian 0.76 0.38 1.39 0.23 5.16 0.02 0.02 0.87

Muslim

Cohabitation

Yes 7.58 0.006 0.90 0.34 0.47 0.48 0.70 0.40

No

Head of household’s income (fcfa)*

<= 60 000

61000–100000
32.28 0.0001 19.54 0.001 19.76 0.001 7.21 0.02
101000–200 000

201000–300 000

>300 000

Sanitary districts

Abobo

Adjamé-Plateau

Cocody-Bingerville 65.95 0.0001 23.87 0.0001 18.42 0.002 6.06 0.19

Koumassi-Port Bouet

Treichville-Marcory

Yopougon
*
1 US$=500 fcfa

appears to be at risk of yellow fever outbreak. With regard to complete immunization, 0.5% of respondents
were up to date on all vaccines (yellow fever, meningitis, tetanus,
The vaccine with the lowest coverage was influenza vaccine. This
typhoid fever, hepatitis B, pneumococcus and influenza). This very
could be due to several reasons. Firstly, the price of influenza vaccine
small proportion of completely vaccinated people results from the
at the time of the study was 7,000 FCFA (USD14). In a country
low coverage of vaccines received separately.
where the poverty index was 46% in 2015 [22], this price seems to
be unaffordable for a large part of the population. Besides, since the Variable associated with immunization status
circulating seasonal influenza virus varies from year to year, the vaccine There was an association between the educational level and each
must be taken every year. Moreover, since the population at high risk vaccine included in the study. A study on socio-demographic factors
of developing influenza consists of pregnant women, children under associated with incomplete immunization revealed that education
5 years, the elderly over 65 years, immune-compromised patients and was an important determinant for immunization status [25]. The
people with chronic disease [23,24], anyone not in these categories association between education and immunization status could be
may not be interested in influenza vaccine and will not get vaccinated. explained by the fact that education increases people’s understanding

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Table 5: Association between immunization status and selected socio- which is in charge of non-EPI immunization, the price of a dose
demographic variables (second part).
of vaccine is 5000 FCFA (USD 10) for Yellow Fever, 2500 FCFA
Influenza Hepatitis B Tetanus (USD 5) for meningitis AC, 6500 FCFA (USD 13) for meningitis
X2 P X2 P X2 P ACYW135, 1000 FCFA(USD 2) for tetanus, 3500 FCFA (USD 7)
for typhoid fever, 3500 FCFA (USD 7) for hepatitis B, 9500 FCFA
Gender
(USD 19) for pneumococcus and 7 000 FCFA (USD 14) for influenza
Female 0.14 0.70 6.27 0.01 22.88 0.0001 [27]. Vaccination could be out of reach for a large proportion of the
Male population in a country where 46% of the population lived below the
Age poverty line in 2015 [22].
2-20 There was an association between the sanitary district of residence
21-40 10.29 0.006 29.53 0.0001 2.94 0.40 and five vaccines included in the study. This association could be
due to several factors. The first factor is the presence or absence
41-60
of a vaccination clinic in the district. Presence of a vaccination
61-84 clinic in the district of residence could be a contributing factor to
Educational level high vaccination. This is because presence of a clinic helps to raise
Out of school awareness of the need to prevent vaccine-preventable diseases and
by reducing the distance to the vaccination clinic, hence a reduction
Nursery and primary 17.00 0.001 24.01 0.0001 21.55 0.0001
in the transportation costs related to vaccination. The second factor
Secondary is the health habits of populations. Some populations give priority
Higher to prevention. Thus, the latter will be more likely to get vaccinated
Religion compared to those who give top priority to curative care. Studies
conducted in several African countries also revealed that the place of
Christian 3.22 0.07 4.64 0.03 1.44 0.23
residence was an important determinant of the immunization status
Muslim [25,28-33].
Cohabitation
Reasons for non-vaccination
Yes 1.96 0.16 0.05 0.82 50.23 0.0001
The main reasons for non-vaccination were ignorance of the
No need for immunization, ignorance of the target population for
Head of household’s income immunization, negligence and the high costs of vaccines. The first
(fcfa)
two reasons reflect the respondents’ lack of information about
<= 60 000
immunization while the third one reflects their lack of motivation.
61000–100000 These three reasons for non-vaccination could be reduced or avoided
3.24 0.1 36.28 0.0001 17.41 0.002
101000–200000 through regular campaigns to raise the population’s awareness of the
201000–300000 extent (morbidity and mortality) of vaccine-preventable diseases. In
addition, raising awareness about the benefits of vaccine-preventable
>300000
diseases vaccination and that the associated cost-effectiveness
Sanitary districts of vaccination is better than the cost-effectiveness of a vaccine-
Abobo preventable disease treatment. In the Philippines, in the region
Adjamé-Plateau of Metro Manila, a public awareness campaign on the Expanded
Program on Immunization, with particular emphasis on measles
Cocody-Bingerville 5.41 0.14 14.92 0.01 31.62 0.0001
resulted in a rise in the measles vaccination coverage from 21% to
Koumassi-Port Bouet 45% in five months and then that of other vaccines from 20% to 24%
Treichville-Marcory over the same period [34]. The vaccination campaign would raise
Yopougon
awareness in a population about the benefits of vaccinations. This
awareness could lead to a change in the population’s attitude which
of health, hence their regular attendance at healthcare services would eventually attend immunization clinics [35].
including immunization clinics [26]. Education helps to better
Study limitations
understand the benefits of vaccination in maintaining good health
through the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases. It also helps Our study has limitations. Firstly, regarding tetanus vaccine,
no distinction was made between the doses received by women as
to better perceive the cost-benefits of vaccination as compared to a
part of the EPI and those received outside the EPI. Secondly, for
vaccine-preventable disease treatment.
over half of respondents who did not have immunization records,
The head of household’s income was associated with six out of their immunization statuses were reported orally. This situation
seven vaccines included in the study. The association between income could cause an overestimation or underestimation of immunization
and immunization status could be explained by the costs induced by coverage.
vaccination. Indeed, vaccination could generate transportation costs
Conclusion
from the place of residence to the vaccination place, in addition to the
non-EPI vaccine costs. At the National Institute of Public Hygiene The study on immunization coverage outside the Expanded

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