Assessing the quality and accuracy of national immunization program reported target population estimates from 2000 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A common means of vaccination coverage measurement is the administrative method, done by dividing the aggregated number of doses administered over a set period (numerator) by the target population (denominator). To assess the quality of national target populations, we defined nine potential denominator data inconsistencies or flags that would warrant further exploration and examination of data reported by Member States to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF between 2000 and 2016.

Methods and findings

We used the denominator reported to calculate national coverage for BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine, and for the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing (DTP3) vaccines, usually live births (LB) and surviving infants (SI), respectively. Out of 2,5

SUBMITTER: Stashko LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615593 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature