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 ...
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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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A systematic review of strategies for reducing missed opportunities for vaccination [PDF]
Vaccine, 2018 Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOVs) occur when persons eligible for vaccination visit a health facility and do not get the vaccines they need. We conducted a systematic review to assess effects of interventions for reducing MOVs.We searched PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials in April 2017.
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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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Trends of non-vaccination, under-vaccination and missed opportunities for vaccination (2003-2014) amongst children 0-23 months in Kenya. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthVaccines are effective and cost-effective. Non-vaccination, under-vaccination, and missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV), have contributed to incomplete vaccination coverage in Kenya.
Christopher Ochieng' Odero +3 more
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Papillomavirus Research, 2016 Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine 3-dose completion rates among adolescent females in the US are low. Missed opportunities impede HPV vaccination coverage.
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Missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccine series initiation in a large, rural U.S. state
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates are lower in rural versus urban areas of the United States. Our objective was to identify the types of vaccination clinic settings where missed opportunities for HPV vaccine series initiation most frequently ...
Sophia R. Newcomer +6 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 ...
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BMC Family Practice, 2017 Background We sought to characterize how the term “missed opportunities” is reported in the literature in the context of immunization rates and to assess how missed opportunities can be operationalized.
Natalia Loskutova +5 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia in adults: Highlighting missed opportunities for vaccination [PDF]
European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017 Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a clear unmet medical need for adults worldwide. Despite advances in vaccine technology, vaccination coverage remains low, putting many people at risk of significant morbidity and mortality. The herd effect seen with paediatric vaccination is not enough to protect all older and vulnerable people in the community, and more
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