Inequities and trends of polio immunisation among children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis of Ethiopian demographic and health survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite Ethiopia's policy intention to provide recommended vaccination services to underprivileged populations, inequity in polio immunisation persists.

Objective

This study examined inequity and trends in polio immunisation and determinant factors among children aged 12-23 months in Ethiopia between 2000 and 2019.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from 2000, 2005, 2011, 2016 and 2019 Ethiopian demographic and health surveys were analysed with the updated version of the WHO's Health Equity Assessment Toolkit software. Six standard equity measures: equity gaps, equity ratios, population attributable risk, population attributable fraction, slope index of inequality and relative index of inequality were used. Datasets were analysed and disaggregated by the five e

SUBMITTER: Fekadu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature