Spatial co-distribution of tuberculosis prevalence and low BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: While bacille-calmette-guerin (BCG) vaccination is one of the recommended strategies for preventing tuberculosis (TB), its coverage is low in several countries, including Ethiopia. This study investigated the spatial co-distribution and drivers of TB prevalence and low BCG coverage in Ethiopia. This ecological study was conducted using data from a national TB prevalence survey and the Ethiopian demographic and health survey (EDHS) to map the spatial co-distribution of BCG vaccination coverage and TB prevalence. A Bayesian geostatistical model was built to identify the drivers for the spatial distribution of TB prevalence and low BCG vaccination coverage. BCG vaccination coverage was defined as the number of children who received the vaccine divided by the total number of children born with

SUBMITTER: Wolde HF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11685876 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature