Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to consider how reach vulnerable communities with extended outreach services improve vaccination uptake. authors created an optimization model align decision-makers' objective maximize immunization coverage within constrained budgets and deploy resources considering empirical data endogenous demand. Design/methodology/approach A mixed integer p...

BACKGROUND Immunization remains one of the most important public health interventions to reduce child morbidity and mortality. The 2011 national demographic and health survey (DHS) indicated low full immunization coverage among children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia. Factors contributing to the low coverage of immunization have been poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify facto...

BACKGROUND Immunization averts an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths every year globally. In Ethiopia only quarter of children are fully immunized; the rest are remained at risk for vaccine-preventable mortality. To increase the immunization, its coverage and predictors has to be identified. This study has measured immunization coverage and identified the predictors. METHODS Cross-sectional comm...

OBJECTIVE To investigate disparities in full immunization coverage across and within 86 low- and middle-income countries. METHODS In May 2015, using data from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, we investigated inequalities in full immunization coverage - i.e. one dose of bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, one dose of measles vaccine, three dos...

background: vaccination status is more often evaluated by up-to-date vaccination coverage rather than timeliness of immunization. this study was conducted to evaluate delayed vaccination during infancy period and to determine the predictors effecting on vaccination delay. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from june to september 2011 in hamadan province, the west of iran, recruit...

background: most studies evaluated the vaccine coverage, but the time of vaccination is important as coverage. this study was conducted to evaluate the expanded program of immunization (epi) in outskirt of iranian cities regarding to incidence of delay vaccination among children less than 4 years. methods : this cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among children 24-47 months old, li...

BACKGROUND Childhood immunization rates are at an all-time high globally, and national data for China suggests close to universal coverage. Refugees from North Korea and their children may have more limited health care access in China due to their legal status. However, there is no data on immunization rates or barriers to coverage in this population. METHODS This study was conducted to deter...

Immunization is one of the most cost effective interventions amongst 32 well understood prevention and treatment interventions that target the goals of the child health [1,2]. Globally, Childhood Immunization averts more than 2.5 million deaths annually and 24 million infants do not receive immunization at all [3]. Global goal set by United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS), Oct...