Estimating vaccine coverage in conflict settings using geospatial methods: a case study in Borno state, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Reliable estimates of subnational vaccination coverage are critical to track progress towards global immunisation targets and ensure equitable health outcomes for all children. However, conflict can limit the reliability of coverage estimates from traditional household-based surveys due to an inability to sample in unsafe and insecure areas and increased uncertainty in underlying population estimates. In these situations, model-based geostatistical (MBG) approaches offer alternative coverage estimates for administrative units affected by conflict. We estimated first- and third-dose diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine coverage in Borno state, Nigeria, using a spatiotemporal MBG modelling approach, then compared these to estimates from recent conflict-affected, household-based surveys. We c

SUBMITTER: Sbarra AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature