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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COVID-19 and the Gaping Wounds of South Africa’s Suboptimal Immunisation Coverage: An Implementation Research Imperative for Assessing and Addressing Missed Opportunities for Vaccination [PDF]
Vaccines, 2021 Despite South Africa’s substantial investments in and efforts at ensuring universal access to immunisation services, progress has stalled and remains suboptimal across provinces and districts.
Chukwudi A. Nnaji +4 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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Does it really matter where you live? A multilevel analysis of factors associated with missed opportunities for vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 There is an urgent need to examine the magnitude and factors responsible for missed opportunities for vaccination, to rapidly achieve national immunization targets.
Olalekan A. Uthman +9 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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Using Household Surveys to Assess Missed Opportunities for Simultaneous Vaccination: Longitudinal Examples from Colombia and Nigeria [PDF]
Vaccines, 2021 One important strategy to increase vaccination coverage is to minimize missed opportunities for vaccination. Missed opportunities for simultaneous vaccination (MOSV) occur when a child receives one or more vaccines but not all those for which they are ...
Dale A. Rhoda +6 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 This study aimed to explore the contextual factors that may be associated with missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) from the perspectives of healthcare providers and caregivers attending primary healthcare facilities in the Cape Town Metro Health ...
Chukwudi A. Nnaji +8 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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