Objectives.

In this article we report a public health initiative to prevent cases of hepatitis A in the Maghrebi population of Crevillent who were going to travel to their country in the near future. The main aim was to contribute to reduce the incidence of hepatitis A imported cases among Maghrebi immigrant travellers.

Methods.

The initiative was implemented in two areas: healthcare (by sending a circular to primary care centres with public health recommendations to identify and vaccinate non-immune migrant travellers against hepatitis A); community (informative group talks tailored to the target population).

Results.

The community intervention (94 participants) was very well received and involved both community leaders and intercultural mediators. The number of initial doses of paediatric hepatitis A vaccine administered in the month following the intervention was much higher than in the previous month.

Conclusion.

The interdisciplinary intervention presented here revealed efficacy at both healthcare and community levels.

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