Barriers to childhood immunization in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunization to prevent infectious diseases is a core strategy to improve childhood health as well as survival. It remains a challenge for some African countries to attain the required childhood immunization coverage. We aim at identifying individual barriers confronting parents/caretakers, providers, and health systems that hinder childhood immunization coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Method

This systematic review searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science and EMBASE. We restricted to published articles in English that focused on childhood immunization barriers in sub-Saharan Africa from January 1988 to December 2019. We excluded studies if: focused on barriers to immunization for children in other regions of the world, studied adult immunization barriers; studies n

SUBMITTER: Bangura JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362649 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature