The determinants of vaccination in a semi-rural area of Vientiane City, Lao People's Democratic Republic: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunisation is a cost-effective and highly efficacious public health intervention, saving over 20 million lives in the last two decades due to decreases in childhood bacterial infections. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic, significant gaps in childhood immunisation coverage rates remain, which are a cause for concern and a barrier to the country reaching its Sustainable Development Goal targets for child health. Efforts to increase coverage have had limited success, with widening inequities being observed between urban and remote and rural areas.

Methods

The objectives of this study were two-fold; firstly, to describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers regarding their children's immunisation status; and, secondly, to identify individual and h

SUBMITTER: Sychareun V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325875 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature