Increasing Birth-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccination in Nigeria: Qualitative Analysis of Data From a Crowdsourcing Open Call.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite World Health Organization and Nigerian recommendations for hepatitis B birth-dose (HepB-BD) vaccination, only one-third of Nigerian newborns receive timely HepB-BD vaccination, This study identified facilitators to increasing HepB-BD vaccination based on data from a crowdsourcing open call in Nigeria.

Methods

Our team conducted an open call across Nigeria for teams to submit ideas on how to increase HepB-BD vaccination. Independent judges evaluated the submissions based on predefined criteria. We analyzed textual data from the top 29 entries using iterative coding and thematic analysis within a socioecological model to identify priority facilitators.

Results

The open call received 362 total submissions, and 58.5% (215/362) of submissions were from w

SUBMITTER: Shah SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281506 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature