Understanding household-level risk factors for zero dose immunization in 82 low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2021, an estimated 18 million children did not receive a single dose of routine vaccinations and constitute the population known as zero dose children. There is growing momentum and investment in reaching zero dose children and addressing the gross inequity in the reach of immunization services. To effectively do so, there is an urgent need to characterize more deeply the population of zero dose children and the barriers they face in accessing routine immunization services.

Methods

We utilized the most recent DHS and MICS data spanning 2011 to 2020 from low, lower-middle, and upper-middle income countries. Zero dose status was defined as children aged 12-23 months who had not received any doses of BCG, DTP-containing, polio, and measles-containing vaccines. W

SUBMITTER: Farrenkopf BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703331 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature