Interventions to vaccinate zero-dose children: a narrative review and synthesis

EA Ingle, P Shrestha, A Seth, MS Lalika, JI Azie… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zero-dose children, or children who have not received any routine vaccination, are a priority
population for global health policy makers as these children are at high risk of mortality from …

Challenges and strategies for sustainable and resilient immunization systems in sub-Saharan Africa: A comprehensive scoping review

DT Myemba, L Smets, BF Sunguya, N Vandaele… - Vaccine, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Immunization is pivotal for health-related sustainable development,
necessitating resilient and sustainable immunization systems. This scoping review explores …

[HTML][HTML] Children of more empowered women are less likely to be left without vaccination in low-and middle-income countries: A global analysis of 50 DHS surveys

A Wendt, TM Santos, BO Cata-Preta… - Journal of global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To help provide a global understanding of the role of gender-related barriers to
vaccination, we have used a broad measure of women's empowerment and explored its …

Correlates of zero-dose vaccination status among children aged 12–59 months in Sub-saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors

CE Ozigbu, B Olatosi, Z Li, JW Hardin, NL Hair - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite ongoing efforts to improve childhood vaccination coverage, including in hard-to-
reach and hard-to-vaccinate communities, many children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Modelling the spatial variability and uncertainty for under-vaccination and zero-dose children in fragile settings

VA Alegana, JM Ticha, JM Mwenda, R Katsande… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Universal access to childhood vaccination is important to child health and sustainable
development. Here we identify, at a fine spatial scale, under-immunized children and zero …

Group-based trajectory models of integrated vaccine delivery and equity in low-and middle-income countries

SJ Ravi, AI Vecino-Ortiz, CM Potter, MW Merritt… - International journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Background Integrated vaccine delivery–the linkage of routine vaccination with provision of
other essential health services–is a hallmark of robust primary care systems that has been …

Prevalence, spatial variation and determinants of zero-dose children in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analyses

TT Tamir, AF Zegeye, EG Mekonen, B Tekeba, MS Ali… - Public Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Vaccination is a crucial public health intervention protecting individuals and
communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. However, unvaccinated children in low …

Challenges addressing inequalities in measles vaccine coverage in Zambia through a Measles–Rubella supplementary immunization activity during the COVID-19 …

Y Yang, N Kostandova, FD Mwansa, C Nakazwe… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Measles–rubella supplementary immunization activities (MR-SIAs) are
conducted to address inequalities in coverage and fill population immunity gaps when …

[HTML][HTML] Using geographic information system to track children and optimize immunization coverage and equity in Karachi, Pakistan

M Siddique, S Iftikhar, VK Dharma, MT Shah… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Despite the potential of geospatial technologies to track and monitor coverage,
they are underutilized for guiding immunization program strategy and implementation …

Promising practices for the collaborative planning of integrated health campaigns from a synthesis of case studies

E Bazant, C McPhillips-Tangum, SD Shrestha… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
A combination of public health campaigns and routine primary healthcare services are used
in many countries to maximise the number of people reached with interventions to prevent …