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 …

Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Jain, S Shisler, C Lane, A Bagai, E Brown… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To support evidence informed decision-making, we systematically examine the
effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community engagement interventions on routine …

[HTML][HTML] Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in 103 low-and middle-income countries, 1978–2021: A scoping review to map measurement and methodological …

O Wariri, U Okomo, YK Kwarshak, CE Utazi… - PLOS global public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Empiric studies exploring the timeliness of routine vaccination in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) have gained momentum in the last decade. Nevertheless, there is …

Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Jain, S Shisler, C Lane, A Bagai… - Campbell Systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunisation is one of the most cost‐effective interventions to prevent and control life‐
threatening infectious diseases. Nonetheless, rates of routine vaccination of children in low …

Interventions addressing routine childhood immunization and its behavioral and social drivers

SS Parsekar, L Vadrevu, M Jain, S Menon… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite the advances in vaccination, there are still several challenges in
reaching millions of children in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of Catch-Up Vaccination Interventions Versus Standard or Usual Care Procedures in Increasing Adherence to Recommended Vaccinations …

A Fallucca, W Priano, A Carubia… - JMIR Public Health …, 2024 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background To address the global challenge of vaccine hesitancy, the Strategic Advisory
Group of Experts on Immunization strongly promotes vaccination reminder and recall …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the usage of theories of change for routine immunization programs--a review of impact evaluations from LMICs

L Vadrevu, M Jain, SS Parsekar - Journal of Health, Population and …, 2024 - Springer
Background In this article we analyzed the extent of the usage of Theories of Change
(TOCs) and causal pathways in the evaluation of immunization programs to identify the …

[HTML][HTML] Development and feasibility testing of an artificially intelligent chatbot to answer immunization-related queries of caregivers in Pakistan: A mixed-methods …

DA Siddiqi, F Miraj, H Raza, OA Hussain… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Gaps in information access impede immunization uptake, especially in low-
resource settings where cutting-edge and innovative digital interventions are limited given …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking demographic movements and immunization status to improve children's access to immunization: field-based randomized controlled trial

J Ateudjieu, KH Tchio-Nighie, AP Goura… - JMIR Public Health …, 2022 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Countries' Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) contribute to the
reduction of mortality and morbidity, but access to these vaccines remains limited in most …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …