Vaccine equity in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Ali, AM Hartner, S Echeverria-Londono… - International journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Background Evidence to date has shown that inequality in health, and vaccination coverage
in particular, can have ramifications to wider society. However, whilst individual studies have …

Immunization, urbanization and slums–a systematic review of factors and interventions

T Crocker-Buque, G Mindra, R Duncan… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2014, over half (54%) of the world's population lived in urban areas
and this proportion will increase to 66% by 2050. This urbanizing trend has been …

Defining hard-to-reach populations for vaccination

S Ozawa, TT Yemeke, DR Evans, SE Pallas… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Extending the benefits of vaccination to everyone who is eligible requires an understanding
of which populations current vaccination efforts have struggled to reach. A clear definition of …

Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care services in Kenya: evidence from the fourth Kenya household health expenditure and utilization survey

S Ilinca, L Di Giorgio, P Salari, J Chuma - International journal for equity in …, 2019 - Springer
Background Kenya is experiencing persistently high levels of inequity in health and access
to care services. In 2018, decades of sustained policy efforts to promote equitable …

Inequalities in access and utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a special focus on urban settings

EM Sidze, FM Wekesah, L Kisia, A Abajobir - Maternal and child health …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this paper is to share the results of a systematic review on the state of
inequalities in access to and utilization of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) …

Spatial access inequities and childhood immunisation uptake in Kenya

NK Joseph, PM Macharia, PO Ouma, J Mumo… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Poor access to immunisation services remains a major barrier to achieving
equity and expanding vaccination coverage in many sub-Saharan African countries. In …

Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

MK Mutua, E Kimani-Murage, N Ngomi, H Ravn… - Tropical medicine and …, 2016 - Springer
Background More efforts have been put in place to increase full immunization coverage
rates in the last decade. Little is known about the levels and consequences of delaying or …

Complete vaccination service utilization inequalities among children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia: a multivariate decomposition analyses

A Debie, AM Lakew, KS Tamirat, G Amare… - International journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Although World Health Organization works to make vaccination service
available to everyone everywhere by 2030, majority of the world's children have been …

Urban-rural disparities in immunization coverage among children aged 12–23 months in Ethiopia: multivariate decomposition analysis

MB Asresie, GA Fekadu, GW Dagnew - BMC Health Services Research, 2023 - Springer
Background Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions for
improving children's health and survival. In Ethiopia, low immunization coverage and …

Inequalities in child immunization coverage in Ghana: evidence from a decomposition analysis

D Asuman, CG Ackah, U Enemark - Health economics review, 2018 - Springer
Childhood vaccination has been promoted as a global intervention aimed at improving child
survival and health, through the reduction of vaccine preventable deaths. However, there …