Assessing the overlap between immunisation and other essential health interventions in 92 low- and middle-income countries using household surveys: opportunities for expanding immunisation and primary health care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unvaccinated children may live in households with limited access to other primary health care (PHC) services, and routine vaccination services may provide the opportunity to bring caregivers into contact with the health system. We aimed to investigate the overlap between not being vaccinated and failing to receive other PHC services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

Using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data between 2010-2019 from 92 LMICs, we analysed six vaccination indicators based on the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), polio, diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) and measles vaccines and their overlap with four other PHC indicators - at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits, institutional deliv

SUBMITTER: Santos TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585628 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature