Missed opportunities for vaccination in Peru 2010-2020: A study of socioeconomic inequalities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Missed Opportunities for Vaccination (MOV) represent a major risk in the re-emergence of immunopreventable diseases. However, in the region, there are few published studies on MOVs using national databases such as demographic and health surveys (DHS). This study aims to describe the frequency and trends of MOVs for the first dose of vaccines against the leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality, their complete vaccination coverage, and trends in socioeconomic inequalities at the national and departmental levels for an 11-years period.

Methods

Using DHS data from an 11-year period (2010-2020), we calculated frequencies and trends in MOVs of vaccines for the leading causes of child morbidity and mortality, estimated inequalities in MOVs using the Slope Inequa

SUBMITTER: Matta-Chuquisapon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature