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Zero- or missed-dose children in Nigeria: Contributing factors and interventions to overcome immunization service delivery challenges

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VACCINE
卷 40, 期 37, 页码 5433-5444

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.058

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Unvaccinated; Immunization; Child; Nigeria; Risk factor; Intervention; Zero-dose; Missed-dose

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"Zero-dose" and "missed-dose" children in Nigeria are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases due to factors such as poverty, conflict, and limited access to healthcare services. Maternal factors, community heterogeneity, access to vaccination facilities, and awareness about immunization are key factors influencing childhood vaccine uptake. There is a need for further research on effective and sustainable routine childhood immunization, as there are significant gaps in evidence and implementation of interventions.
'Zero-dose' refers to a person who does not receive a single dose of any vaccine in the routine national immunization schedule, while 'missed dose' refers to a person who does not complete the schedule. These people remain vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases, and are often already disadvantaged due to poverty, conflict, and lack of access to basic health services. Globally, more 22.7 million children are estimated to be zero- or missed-dose, of which an estimated 3.1 million (-14 %) reside in Nigeria. We conducted a scoping review to synthesize recent literature on risk factors and interventions for zero- and missed-dose children in Nigeria. Our search identified 127 papers, including research into risk factors only (n = 66); interventions only (n = 34); both risk factors and interventions (n = 18); and publications that made recommendations only (n = 9). The most frequently reported factors influencing childhood vaccine uptake were maternal factors (n = 77), particularly maternal education (n = 22) and access to ante- and perinatal care (n = 19); heterogeneity between different types of communities - including location, region, wealth, religion, population composition, and other challenges (n = 50); access to vaccination, i.e., proximity of facilities with vaccines and vaccinators (n = 37); and awareness about immunization - including safety, efficacy, importance, and schedules (n = 18). Literature assessing implementation of interventions was more scattered, and heavily skewed towards vaccination campaigns and polio eradication efforts. Major evidence gaps exist in how to deliver effective and sustainable routine childhood immunization. Overall, further work is needed to operationalise the learnings from these studies, e.g. through applying findings to Nigeria's next review of vaccination plans, and using this summary as a basis for further investigation and specific recommendations on effective interventions.

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