The greatest challenge to child health in sub Saharan Africa is poor immunization service for
major child illnesses. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) review of the health systems …

Background: Immunization coverage rates in Nigeria have remained very poor, in spite of
numerous programs and strategies, specifically designed to improve coverage. This study …

Background: Immunization is an effective public health intervention for reduction of
childhood mortality. The expected target coverage is 90%, however, Nigeria currently has …

Background: Butere-Mumias district is one of the districts which performs poorly on
immunisation coverage, as observed from the Kenya Expanded Programme of Immunisation …

Background: In 2005, Nigeria adopted the Reach Every Ward strategy to improve
vaccination coverage for children, 0–23 months. By 2015, Ogun state had full coverage in 12 …

Objective: To establish the factors that determine the levels of immunisation coverage
among children under five years in Mathare Valley. Design: A cross-sectional study …

Recent survey conducted in Nigeria in 2013 reported that complete immunization coverage
for Nigerian children is 25%. This is quite low despite the huge resources being committed …

Improving immunization coverage is vital to promoting child health and reducing childhood
diseases and deaths. In spite of being actively promoted as a major public health …

Immunization is one of the worlds's most cost-effective health interventions that help prevent
childhood diseases. However, many infants are not usually fully vaccinated especially in …

Immunisation has been an important strategy for disease prevention globally. Despite
proven successes in other settings, child immunisation has continued to be problematic in …