Geographic location of health facility and immunization program performance in Hoima district, western Uganda: a health facility level assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, immunization coverage for childhood vaccines is below the immunization target of achieving at least 90% coverage with the pentavalent vaccine. In Uganda, a recent survey shows 80% of districts had poor immunization program performance. However, there is significant variation in performance within and between districts. We hypothesized that geographic location of a health facility may influence performance of its immunization programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine whether geographical location of a health facility within a district is associated with performance of the immunization program in Hoima district, western Uganda.

Methods

We conducted a cross sectional study using a mixed methods approach. The main study unit was a health

SUBMITTER: Magambo NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686762 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature