Low immunization coverage in Wonago district, southern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Immunization is a cost-effective intervention that prevented more than 5 million deaths worldwide from 2010 to 2015. Despite increased vaccination coverage over the past four decades in many African countries, including Ethiopia, universal coverage has not yet been reached. Only 39% of children aged 12-23 months received full vaccinations in Ethiopia, according to the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey. This study aimed to evaluate immunization coverage and identify individual and community factors that explain incomplete vaccination coverage among children aged 6-36 months in the Wonago district of southern Ethiopia.

Methods

We conducted a community-based, cross-sectional study in three randomly selected kebeles in the Wonago district from June to July 20

SUBMITTER: Hailu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6655723 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature