Assessment of VaxTrac electronic immunization registry in an urban district in Sierra Leone: Implications for data quality, defaulter tracking, and policy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2016, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) piloted VaxTrac, an electronic immunization registry (EIR), in an urban district to improve management of vaccination records and tracking of children who missed scheduled doses. We aimed to document lessons learned to inform decision-making on VaxTrac and similar EIRs' future use.

Methods

Ten out of 50 urban health facilities that implemented VaxTrac were purposively selected for inclusion in a rapid mixed-method assessment from November to December 2017. For a one-month period, records of six scheduled vaccine doses among children < 2 years old in VaxTrac were abstracted and compared to three paper-based records (register of under-two children, daily tally sheet, and monthly summary form). We use

SUBMITTER: Jalloh MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10869104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature