[Detecting cases of acute flask paralysis in Benin: the collaborative model concept]

The collaborative model was tested in the context of the improvement of vaccination services quality and the monitoring of target diseases in the town of Pèrèrè, Benin. It aims to measure the impact of this type of approach on the improvement of the vaccine covers and the detection of the suspect cases of acute flask paralysis. After the installation of the collaborative model, the data relating to the vaccine covers and detection of the cases of acute flask paralyses were collected by means of the monthly management reports of the formations medical and analyzed over a two-year period. The vaccine covers are improved between 2004 and 2005 and six suspect cases of acute flask paralysis were notified in 2004 against 1 case in 2003. The installation of the collaborative model had a positive impact on the improvement of the performance of the program of vaccination, the notification of the cases and on the reinforcement of the partnership between the medical structures and the communities.