Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana’s campaign success

Fagernäs, Sonja; Odame, Joyce

doi:10.2471/blt.12.111351

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“…Programs need to be tailored to the specific needs of individual countries, regions or community, and of the target population. Implementation research is crucial to support countries in introducing new vaccines and improving their routine immunization strategies [85,112]. The research needs are diverse and include for instance the investigation of ways to bring immunization closer to the community, to perform effective communication on immunization, to improve the delivery of immunization services.…”

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Introducing new vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and approaches

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Expert Review of Vaccines

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Introduction: The number of new vaccine introductions (NVIs) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) has markedly increased since 2010, raising challenges to often overstretched and underfunded health care systems. Areas covered: We present an overview of some of these challenges, focusing on programmatic decisions, delivery strategy, information and communication, pharmacovigilance and post-licensure evaluation. We also highlight field-based initiatives that may facilitate NVI. Expert commentary: Some new vaccines targeting populations other than infants require alternative delivery strategies. NVIs impact upon existing supply chain management, in particular vaccines with novel characteristics. A lack of understanding about immunization and misconceptions may be detrimental to NVI, as well as insufficient or poorly trained health care workforce. Many barriers exist to achieving good vaccination coverage. Real-world evaluation of vaccine safety, effectiveness and impact in LMICs may be limited by lack of robust demographic and disease epidemiology data, as well as limited health care and surveillance infrastructure. A thorough planning phase is crucial to define the most suitable delivery strategy based on the vaccine's and country's specificities. A communication plan and social mobilization are essential. Implementation research and innovative approaches applied to logistics, delivery, communication and program evaluation can facilitate NVI. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Reliable nationally representative data on causes of death are frequently lacking. Incentives to increase the birth registration rate, by incorporating it into community health care, health campaigns and mobile registration activities can bring improvement [85].…”

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Introducing new vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and approaches

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Jusot

et al. 2019

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“…Six combination policy articles reported results for birth registration, with all having a positive change in registration rates (Fig 2; S1 Table) [45,55,62,71,73]. One article from Tanzania reported that a supply policy had a negative change on the birth registration rate (Fig 2; S1 Table) [76].…”

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“…Ghana [55], India [73], Papua New Guinea [68], Switzerland [51], US [49] Supply Partnerships with local academic institutions spurred formative research that helped effectively design policies.…”

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Evaluation of approaches to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: A systematic review and synthesis of policies in 25 countries

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Background Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems play a key role in upholding human rights and generating data for health and good governance. They also can help monitor progress in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Although many countries have made substantial progress in strengthening their CRVS systems, most lowand middle-income countries still have underdeveloped systems. The objective of this systematic review is to identify national policies that can help countries strengthen their systems. Methods and findings The ABI/INFORM, Embase, JSTOR, PubMed, and WHO Index Medicus databases were systematically searched for policies to improve birth and/or death registration on 24 January 2017. Global stakeholders were also contacted for relevant grey literature. For the purposes of this review, policies were categorised as supply, demand, incentive, penalty, or combination (i.e., at least two of the preceding policy approaches). Quantitative results on changes in vital event registration rates were presented for individual comparative articles. Qualitative systematic review methodology, including meta-ethnography, was used for qualitative syntheses on operational considerations encompassing acceptability to recipients and staff, human resource requirements, information technology or infrastructure requirements, costs to the health system, unintended effects, facilitators, and barriers. This study is registered with PROSPERO, number CRD42018085768. Thirty-five articles documenting experience in implementing policies to improve birth and/or death registration were identified. Although

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“…Campaigns that abolished registration fees had similar positive effects on uptake of registration services. Tanzania and Ghana significantly extended the period of free registration, and Brazil mandated that registration be free for everyone (Fagernäs and Odame 2013;Hunter and Sugiyama 2017;UNICEF 2015). The removal of registration fees acted simultaneously to eliminate a disincentive and create a positive incentive for registration.…”

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Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana’s campaign success

Cited by 36 publications

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Introducing new vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and approaches

Introducing new vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and approaches

Evaluation of approaches to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: A systematic review and synthesis of policies in 25 countries

Incentives for Improving Birth Registration Coverage

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