Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐and middle‐income countries

A Oyo-Ita, O Oduwole, D Arikpo, EE Effa… - Cochrane Database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Immunisation plays a major role in reducing childhood morbidity and mortality.
Getting children immunised against potentially fatal and debilitating vaccine‐preventable …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile Phone Text Message Reminders to Improve Vaccination Uptake: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

GE Louw, ASJ Hohlfeld, R Kalan, ME Engel - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Mobile phone text message reminders (MPTMRs) have been implemented
globally to promote vaccination uptake and recall rates. This systematic review evaluated …

Enhancing COVID-19 booster vaccination among the elderly through text message reminders

YC Lee, BH Lee, YH Lin, BJ Wu, TJ Chen… - Human Vaccines & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The BOOST (Booster promotion for older outpatients using SMS text reminders) program at
Taipei Veterans General Hospital assessed the effectiveness of text message reminders in …

The effect of mHealth on childhood vaccination in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

G Gilano, S Sako, B Molla, A Dekker, R Fijten - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Vaccine-preventable diseases are the public health problems in Africa,
although vaccination is an available, safe, simple, and effective method prevention …

Mobile phone call reminders to improve oral rehydration salt and zinc adherence for acute diarrhea in children: a single-center, randomized controlled trial

TF Kayode-Alabi, RM Ibraheem, KO Alabi… - BMC Health Services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Low-osmolarity oral rehydration salt (ORS) and zinc therapy effectively manage
diarrhea in children under five years of age, offering both short-and long-term benefits …

Effectiveness of WhatsApp based debunking reminders on follow-up visit attendance for individuals with hypertension: a randomized controlled trial in India

C Favaretti, V Subramonia Pillai, S Murthy… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Individuals with high blood pressure in India often miss essential follow-up
visits. Missed visits contribute to gaps across the hypertension care continuum and …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of Mobile Reminders in Improving the Completeness and Timeliness of Routine Childhood Immunization in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria: A …

U Yunusa, SN Garba, SE MacDonald, UL Bello… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction This study examined the effectiveness of mobile phone reminders in improving
the completeness and timeliness of childhood immunization. Method We conducted a …

Parental reminder strategies and the cost implication for improved immunisation outcomes: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

H Dathini, SKA Sharoni, KT Robert - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Getting children vaccinated amidst prevailing barriers to immunisation has been challenging
in both developed and developing countries. To address these problems, studies on …

Mobile Applications in childhood immunization: A systematic review

CT Mejia, JI Necochea-Chamorro - TEM journal, 2023 - ceeol.com
The central objective of this paper is to distinguish the impact of different cell phone
applications on child vaccination completion. A systematic literature review was conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Testing the Impact of Phone Texting Reminders for Children's Immunization Appointments in Rural Cameroon: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

YE Ngah, G Raoufi, M Amirkhani… - JMIR Research …, 2023 - researchprotocols.org
Background Globally, over 20 million children are unvaccinated and over 25 million missed
their follow-up doses during the COVID-19 pandemic; thus, they face vaccine-preventable …