Summary & Key Points
"Does access to nutritional supplementation aimed at preventing child malnutrition also help improve the vaccination coverage of these children in Sub-Saharan Africa?"
Does access to nutritional supplementation aimed at preventing child malnutrition also help improve the vaccination coverage of these children in Sub-Saharan Africa? Methodological reflections on the most suitable study design for humanitarian crisis contexts.
The GHiGS team (Inserm/IRD/University of Bordeaux) has been collaborating for 8 years with the humanitarian NGO ALIMA and the PAC-CI research program in Abidjan to co-construct clinical research projects aimed at improving maternal and child health during humanitarian crises. One of the areas of work involves breaking down vertical programs to adopt a more comprehensive approach to health, aiming to create synergies between these different programs.
While the operational implementation of vaccines in children continues to pose a significant public health challenge in many decentralized African areas, we believe that Lipid-Based Nutritional Supplement (SQ-LNS) could be an innovative clinical solution to encourage vaccination while preventing acute malnutrition in African children.
In this webinar, Renaud Becquet details these issues and, in particular, the methodological reflections on the most suitable study design for these humanitarian crisis contexts (individual randomization, classic cluster, or cluster step-wedge), outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each of these study designs. This presentation is also an opportunity to emphasize the importance of scientific engineering in the success of research projects carried by the GHiGS team, following the model of the Franco-Ivorian platform PRISME-CI.
Access the webinar
https://sesstim.univ-amu.fr/fr/video-box/webinar-quantim-renaud-becquet
source : https://www.bordeaux-population-health.center/fr/supplementation-nutritionnelle-permet-elle-ameliorer-couverture-vaccinale/
