Barriers to childhood immunization in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

JB Bangura, S Xiao, D Qiu, F Ouyang, L Chen - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Immunization to prevent infectious diseases is a core strategy to improve
childhood health as well as survival. It remains a challenge for some African countries to …

Towards contextualized complex systems approaches to scaling-up hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination in the African region: a qualitative systematic review

T Solomon-Rakiep, J Olivier… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Despite the longstanding implementation of universal hepatitis B infant
vaccination programs, the World Health Organization African region (WHO AFRO) maintains …

Beyond coverage: Rural-urban disparities in the timeliness of childhood vaccinations in Tanzania

V Yelverton, NL Hair, SH Ghosh, SG Mfinanga… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Timely vaccination maximizes efficacy for preventing infectious diseases. In the
absence of national vaccination registries, representative sample survey data hold vital …

Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in 103 low-and middle-income countries, 1978–2021: A scoping review to map measurement and methodological gaps

O Wariri, U Okomo, YK Kwarshak, CE Utazi… - PLOS global public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Empiric studies exploring the timeliness of routine vaccination in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) have gained momentum in the last decade. Nevertheless, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the timely administration of birth dose vaccines in northern Nigeria and associated factors

RM Ibraheem, BI Garba, R Aliu, OR Ibrahim… - Annals of Global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Lack of a timely receipt of vaccines can cause uncertain immune response and
under-vaccination. Hence, timely vaccination is crucial to ensure an infant's early protection …

Quality of Counselling, Exposure to Vaccination Messages, and Caregivers' Knowledge on the Uptake of Pentavalent Vaccine in Six Northern Nigerian States

M Alabi, L Dougherty, EO Etim… - Advances in Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Pentavalent (Penta) vaccine coverage for children aged 12–23 months is used
as the prime substitute for determining vaccination coverage and monitoring the …

Vaccination against tuberculosis, polio and hepatitis B at birth in Podor health district, Northern Senegal: cross-sectional study of vaccination coverage and its …

O Bassoum, NM Sougou, MF Ba, M Anne, M Bocoum… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In Senegal, studies focusing specifically on vaccination coverage with
the Bacille de Calmette et Guérin (BCG) vaccine, the birth dose of oral polio vaccine (OPV …

At-birth vaccination timeliness: An analysis of inborns in the highlands of Jos, North-Central Nigeria

DS David, IA Ishaya, NY Shehu… - Nigerian …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Aim: The aim was to determine the timeliness, barriers and predictors of at-birth
vaccinations. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 355 mother …

Coverage, inequity and predictors of hepatitis B birth vaccination in Myanmar from 2011–2016: results from a national survey

ACT Anderson, A Richards, K Delucchi… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hepatitis B virus birth dose (HepB-BD) vaccination is recommended to reduce
mother to infant transmission. We evaluated the HepB-BD status of women who gave birth …

Quality of Counselling, Exposure to Vaccination Messages and Caregivers Knowledge on the Uptake of Penta Vaccine in Six Northern Nigerian States

MA Alabi, L Dougherty, EO Etim, A Adedimeji - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background: Pentavalent 3 (Penta-3) coverage for children aged 12-23 months is used as
the prime substitute for determining vaccination coverage and monitoring the performance of …