{"id":17755,"date":"2019-08-21T17:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T16:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/?p=17755"},"modified":"2019-08-21T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T16:18:34","slug":"madagascars-measles-epidemic-the-story-on-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/madagascars-measles-epidemic-the-story-on-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar\u2019s measles epidemic: the story on the ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Melinda Fenn, Community Health Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCan measles be fatal?\u201d I wondered, the first time I saw vitamin A being given to a suffering child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, I returned to Madagascar, my homeland, for the first time in 10 years. It was a sobering homecoming however, as the country was in the midst of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/disaster\/ep-2018-000417-mdg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measles outbreak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the first month of my internship with Blue Ventures (BV) in Andavadoaka, a coastal village in the southwest, I witnessed community members and coworkers being affected by a disease that I had naively thought was eradicated. I quickly learned that measles can indeed be fatal, and that thousands of people across the country had lost their lives during the outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It turned out that many people were asking similar questions to me: \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is measles fatal? What even is measles?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so I learned very quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pull-right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measles is a viral infection that is renowned for being highly infectious, spreading easily and quickly within communities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measles is a viral infection that is renowned for being highly infectious, spreading easily and quickly within communities. Ten to 12 days after contact with someone with the illness, a person can develop the characteristic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/measles\/symptoms\/signs-symptoms.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">symptoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the disease. Many sufferers will get better by themselves, but children, pregnant women, and people with other medical problems such as malnutrition or HIV, are at higher risk of serious complications such as encephalitis, pneumonia and blindness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In collaboration with partners such as <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psi.org\/country\/madagascar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PSI Madagascar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usaidmikolo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USAID Mikolo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsi.com\/JSIInternet\/IntlHealth\/project\/display.cfm?ctid=na&amp;cid=na&amp;tid=40&amp;id=24863\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahefa Miaraka<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, BV has been training local women to provide family planning support and other basic health services in their communities for over 12 years. Since the start of the measles epidemic, BV\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/conservation\/community-health\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">community health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team has been working with these community health workers (CHWs) to treat measles cases and prevent future cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17761\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17761 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22-98x65.jpg 98w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22-536x357.jpg 536w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22-725x483.jpg 725w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/1905_Chanel-Sm-22-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/800;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Leah Glass<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13611\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13611\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13611 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/05\/CCSB-Training.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"434\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/05\/CCSB-Training.jpg 326w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/05\/CCSB-Training-49x65.jpg 49w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/05\/CCSB-Training-268x357.jpg 268w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/05\/CCSB-Training-300x399.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 326px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 326\/434;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Measles training in Andavadoaka | Photo: Melinda Fenn<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Andavadoaka, the BV community health team, together with the head midwife in charge of Andavadoaka\u2019s health clinic, trained all the local CHWs in the diagnosis and treatment of measles. This is mostly based around managing symptoms, but as vitamin A deficiency is associated with more severe forms of the disease, vitamin A is often given as a treatment too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CHWs were also informed of the national measles vaccination campaign led by Madagascar\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sante.gov.mg\/home\/n\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in collaboration with partners such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USAID<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mahefa Miaraka, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org.uk\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhoD8r8yO5AIV2pTVCh2DsgwJEAAYASAAEgKH8vD_BwE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unicef<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organisation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (WHO) and BV. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/don\/17-january-2019-measles-madagascar\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than half<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the 19,539 measles cases that occurred in 2018-2019 were people with no vaccination or unknown vaccination status, so the campaign partnership has been distributing measles vaccines to prevent further spread of the disease, alongside vitamin A supplements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since these trainings, BV has been visiting villages with the CHWs on awareness-raising missions, and supporting the vaccination of children under nine years old. It\u2019s been a privilege to work with the community health team during this time, and I\u2019m comforted to know that the CHWs have returned to their villages with new skills and knowledge that they will pass on to their communities. Really excitingly, we have also been able to use local radio to raise awareness on a larger scale and provide educational information on measles to communities throughout the region! Every little helps to ensure that the word is spread as far and wide as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17756\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17756 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR-87x65.jpg 87w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR-476x357.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR-644x483.jpg 644w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/Copie-de-20190219_APK_Campagne-VAR-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/900;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community health workers on a vaccination and awareness raising mission | Photo: Melinda Fenn<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although I only saw the response in the southwest, I know that these same collaborations with CHWs have been taking place in all of BV\u2019s sites, across Madagascar. I had a chance to speak to Rinah Rakotondrazaka from the community health team in Maintirano, one of the areas most affected by the rapid spread of measles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BV has been supporting the distribution of the measles vaccine and vitamin A across the Melaky region and especially in the town of Maintirano. We were also able to actively participate in outreach campaigns with the Melaky Regional Health Authority where we vaccinated children in the Barren Isles and along the Maintirano coast as well as in the town. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Rinah Rakotondrazaka<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towards the end of my internship I visited Mahajamba, BV\u2019s newest site in northwest Madagascar. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/team\/felaniony-felaniony\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Felana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, BV\u2019s community health coordinator, and I met\u00a0 the midwife in charge of health clinic in Andranoboka village in Mahajamba Bay to discuss the results of the measles campaign, and we learned that they had successfully vaccinated 98% of their target population, which included 1031 children between the age of six months and 10 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/madagascars-measles-epidemic-the-story-on-the-ground\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 296px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 300px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/madagascars-measles-epidemic-the-story-on-the-ground\/dsc07289\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17765\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07289.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1549278618&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Melinda Fenn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07289-536x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07289-725x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07289-444x296.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Melinda Fenn\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/296;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Discussing measles vaccination in northwest Madagascar | Photo: Melinda Fenn<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 447px; height: 300px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/madagascars-measles-epidemic-the-story-on-the-ground\/dsc07609\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17769\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07609.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1550587842&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Photo: Melinda Fenn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07609-536x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07609-725x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2019\/08\/DSC07609-443x296.jpg\" width=\"443\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" title=\"Photo: Melinda Fenn\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 443px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 443\/296;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Raising awareness via radio and loud speaker | Photo: Melinda Fenn<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BV has assisted with giving nearly 130,000 doses of the measles vaccine across its five sites, and this effort was only possible due to a team effort with our various partners. We are so grateful for the hard and dedicated effort put forth by the Ministry of Health, the nurses and midwives of community health clinics, all the CHWs, the WHO, USAID, Mahefa Miaraka and Unicef.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read more from Melinda Fenn: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/using-smartphones-to-improve-community-health\/\">Using smartphones to improve community health<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spend your <a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/volunteer\/specialist\/medical-electives\/\">medical elective<\/a> in Madagascar!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaborating with community health workers to support treatment and vaccination in remote areas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":17756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[345,622],"tags":[708,735],"class_list":["post-17755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-health","category-madagascar","tag-community-health-workers","tag-measles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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