Interventions to improve pneumococcal vaccination coverage: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a widely spread human pathogen that can cause infections as severe as meningitis. The pneumococcal vaccination is the optimal approach to prevent morbidity and mortality, but the vaccination coverage is low despite several attempts to improve it. This meta-analysis assesses the impact of the interventions to increase vaccination coverage.

Methods

A meta-analytic review and a mixed-effects meta-regression on articles between 2013 and 2023 from PubMed, Web of Science and ScienceDirect that assessed the impact of interventions on pneumococcal vaccination coverage was performed. We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and comparative non-RCTs, and excluded reviews, non-comparative or retrospective studies, as well as the ones

SUBMITTER: Cireasa B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12907082 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature