Decomposing the gap in missed opportunities for vaccination between poor and non-poor in sub-Saharan Africa: A Multicountry Analyses [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 Understanding the gaps in missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) in sub-Saharan Africa would inform interventions for improving immunisation coverage to achieving universal childhood immunisation.
Duduzile Ndwandwe +9 more
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Assessment of missed opportunities for vaccination in Kenyan health facilities, 2016. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundIn November 2016, the Kenya National Vaccines and Immunization Programme conducted an assessment of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) using the World Health Organization (WHO) MOV methodology.
Anyie J Li +9 more
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Missed opportunities for vaccination in Peru 2010–2020: A study of socioeconomic inequalities [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022 Summary: 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 ...
Jose Matta-Chuquisapon +2 more
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Qualitative insights into reasons for missed opportunities for vaccination in Kenyan health facilities. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 BackgroundIn 2016, Kenya conducted a study of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV)-when eligible children have contact with the health system but are not fully vaccinated-to explore some of the reasons for persistent low vaccination coverage.
Anyie J Li +9 more
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Missed opportunities for concomitant HPV vaccination among childhood cancer survivors [PDF]
Cancer Medicine, 2022 Purpose Childhood cancer survivors are at higher risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)‐related second cancers than adolescents without cancer, yet their HPV vaccination uptake is lower.
Joemy M. Ramsay +4 more
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Missed Opportunities for Vaccination and Associated Factors among Children Attending Primary Health Care Facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A Pre-Intervention Multilevel Analysis [PDF]
Vaccines, 2022 Despite the substantial efforts at ensuring universal access to routine immunisation services among children in South Africa, major gaps in immunisation coverage remain.
Chukwudi A. Nnaji +5 more
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Determining the burden of missed opportunities for vaccination among children admitted in healthcare facilities in India: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives Children accessing healthcare systems represent a vulnerable population with risk factors for poor health outcomes, including vaccine-preventable diseases.
Joseph Mathew +7 more
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Pneumococcal vaccination uptake and missed opportunities for vaccination among Canadian adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 IntroductionIn Canada, pneumococcal vaccination is recommended to all adults aged ≥65 and those
Giorgia Sulis +6 more
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JMIR Research Protocols, 2020 BackgroundVaccination is one of the greatest public health interventions of all time. Vaccination coverage in South Africa has shown a steady improvement in reaching the national target.
Ndwandwe, Duduzile +8 more
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Rural-urban disparities in missed opportunities for vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country decomposition analyses [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Background: In this study, we aimed to explore the rural-urban disparities in the magnitude and determinants of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Abdu A. Adamu +9 more
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