Advancing sustainable development goals through immunization: a literature review

C Decouttere, K De Boeck, N Vandaele - Globalization and Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Immunization directly impacts health (SDG3) and brings a contribution to 14 out
of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as ending poverty, reducing hunger …

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 …

Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020 …

NC Galles, PY Liu, RL Updike, N Fullman, J Nguyen… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Measuring routine childhood vaccination is crucial to inform global vaccine
policies and programme implementation, and to track progress towards targets set by the …

[HTML][HTML] Global assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and consequences of non-compliance

K Gravagna, A Becker, R Valeris-Chacin, I Mohammed… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Declining vaccination coverage and increasing hesitancy is a worldwide
concern. Many countries have implemented mandatory vaccination policies to promote …

Determinants of full childhood immunization among children aged 12–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis using Demographic and Health Survey …

SM Fenta, HB Biresaw, KD Fentaw… - Tropical medicine and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the highest under-five mortality and low
childhood immunization region in the world. Children in Sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times …

Addressing disruptions in childhood routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from Nepal, Senegal and Liberia

SM Dixit, M Sarr, DM Gueye, K Muther, TR Yarnko… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
RI emerged as one the most disrupted health services in early-2020 to mid-2020, 1 a global
systems shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, an estimated 80 …

Uncovering the drivers of childhood immunization inequality with caregivers, community members and health system stakeholders: results from a human-centered …

JC Shearer, O Nava, W Prosser, S Nawaz, S Mulongo… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: The importance of immunization for child survival underscores the need to
eliminate immunization inequalities. Few existing studies of inequalities use approaches …

Childhood immunization uptake determinants in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: ordered regressions to assess timely infant vaccines administered at …

A Boisson-Walsh, P Thompson, B Fried… - Global Health Research …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite global efforts to reduce preventable childhood illness by distributing
infant vaccines, immunization coverage in sub-Saharan African settings remains low …

Equity in vaccine coverage in Uganda from 2000 to 2016: revealing the multifaceted nature of inequity

A Ssebagereka, G de Broucker, E Ekirapa-Kiracho… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background This study analyses vaccine coverage and equity among children under five
years of age in Uganda based on the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination for newborns in Uganda: A qualitative inquiry on pregnant women's perceptions, barriers and preferences

JN Mutyoba, PJ Surkan, F Makumbi, J Aizire… - Journal of Virus …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Sub-Saharan Africa continues with very low hepatitis B (HBV) birth
dose vaccination coverage. To guide policy on HBV vaccine for newborns, we explored …