Using intervention mapping to develop an implementation strategy to improve timely uptake of streamlined birth-dose vaccines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

ABSTRACT: Despite the policy recommendation and effectiveness of administering the hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine (HepB-BD) to newborns to prevent mother-to-child hepatitis B transmission, timely uptake remains an issue. Countries adopting the HepB-BD to their national immunization schedule report programmatic challenges to administering the vaccine within the recommended 24-hour window after delivery. Further, while the World Health Organization recommends streamlining three birth-dose vaccines (HepB-BD, BCG, and OPV0), scarce Sub-Saharan(SSA)-based literature reports on a streamlined and timely approach to birth-dose vaccines. As more SSA countries adopt the new birth-dose vaccine to their immunization schedules, a systematically developed implementation strategy-Vaccination of Newborns-Innovative

SUBMITTER: Boisson-Walsh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810515 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature