Strengthening vaccination delivery system resilience in the context of protracted humanitarian crisis: a realist-informed systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood vaccination is among the most effective public health interventions available for the prevention of communicable disease, but coverage in many humanitarian settings is sub-optimal. This systematic review critically evaluated peer-review and grey literature evidence on the effectiveness of system-level interventions for improving vaccination coverage in protracted crises, focusing on how they work, and for whom, to better inform preparedness and response for future crises.

Methods

Realist-informed systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature. Keyword-structured searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE and Global Health, CINAHL, the Cochrane Collaboration and WHOLIS, and grey literature searches performed through the websites of UNICEF, the Glo

SUBMITTER: Ismail SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589562 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature