Forecasted trends in vaccination coverage and correlations with socioeconomic factors: a global time-series analysis over 30 years

Figueiredo, Alexandre de; Johnston, Iain G.; Smith, David; Agarwal, Sumeet; Larson, Heidi; Jones, Nick

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30167-x

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“…Increased access to immunization services was shown to be associated with higher vaccination rates and might be related to the density of healthcare centers and hospitals [26]. Government spending on health per capita was previously correlated with three-dose diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine coverage in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region [27]. In our analysis, the number of live births negatively correlated with HepB-BD coverage; it is likely that higher birth rates overwhelm the capacity to provide timely HepB-BD in resource-poor settings.…”

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Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage correlates worldwide with rates of institutional deliveries and skilled attendance at birth

Allison

Patel

Tohme

2017

Vaccine

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Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection occurs in 90% of infants infected perinatally but is prevented when a hepatitis B vaccine is given within 24 hours of birth (HepB-BD), followed by 2-3 additional doses. Methods Using Spearman's rho correlation coefficients (rho), we analyzed global and regional data to assess correlations between HepB-BD coverage, institutional delivery rates (IDR), skilled birth attendance (SBA) rates, and other potential co-variates. Results Significant correlations were observed worldwide between HepB-BD and SBA rates (rho=0.44, p < 0.001), IDR (rho=0.42, p < 0.001), adult literacy rate (rho=0.37, p=0.003), total health expenditure per capita (rho=0.24, p=0.03) and live births (rho= -0.27, p=0.014). HepB-BD, IDR, and SBA rates were significantly correlated in the World Health Organization African, South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions. Conclusions Increasing IDR and SBA rates, training and supervising staff, increasing community awareness, and using HepB-BD outside the cold chain where needed would increase HepB-BD coverage and prevent chronic infections.

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Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage correlates worldwide with rates of institutional deliveries and skilled attendance at birth

Allison

Patel

Tohme

2017

Vaccine

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“…Other studies in similar settings found that wealth (15)(16)(17), caregiver knowledge of immunization services (16), fewer children in the household (18), skilled birth attendance (17,19), high health worker performance (16), literacy (16), and parental education (18) was associated with higher vaccination coverage. In this study, factors such as a child's gender, age of caregiver, number of siblings, type and duration of transportation, and clinic site were assessed; however, only gender was found to be associated with vaccination rates.…”

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Preventive health service coverage among infants and children at six maternal-child health clinics in western Kenya: A cross-sectional assessment

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Oyungu

Ayaya

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BackgroundDespite the substantial reduction of child mortality in recent decades, Kenya still strives to provide universal healthcare access and to meet other international benchmarks for child health. This study aimed to describe child health service coverage among children visiting six Maternal and Child Health (MCH) clinics in western Kenya. MethodsIn a cross-sectional study of Kenyan young children (≤5 years) presenting to MCH clinics, child health records were reviewed to determine coverage of immunizations, growth monitoring, vitamin A supplementation, and deworming. Among 78 children and their caregivers, nearly 70% of children were fully vaccinated for their age. ResultsWe found a significant disparity in full vaccination coverage by gender (p = .017), as males had 3.5x higher odds of being fully vaccinated compared to females. Further, full vaccination coverage also varied across MCH clinic sites ranging from 43.8% to 92.9%. ConclusionsHealth service coverage for Kenyan children in this study is consistent with national and sub-national findings; however, our study found a significant gender equity gap in coverage at these six clinics that warrants further investigation to ensure that all children receive critical preventative services.

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“…The report 1 provides a timely and important contribution as the world and global health community grapple with challenges to human civilisation and humanity. Among these challenges are the catastrophic health conditions caused by conflict in Yemen 2 and Syria, the persecution of the Rohingya refugee population, 3 the slow response and defiant rejection by some governments to act on scientific evidence for climate change 4 and its impact on human health, the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, the work to build stronger health systems, and the hatred and intolerance for religious and cultural diversity seen in the act of terrorism in New Zealand. All such events affect health and are impacted by the enforcement-or design-of laws.…”

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“…1 Future increases in coverage are anticipated to return large health benefits, 2 but coverage rates in many countries across the continent are far from national targets, with many rates stagnating or falling. 3,4 This incomplete coverage across Africa is still a major contributor to child mortality and morbidity. 5 Although national and first-level administrative estimates of routine coverage are assessed annually, 4 they conceal heterogeneities in coverage at fine spatial scales, pre cluding a comprehensive quantitative assessment of local barriers to vaccination and their potential effect on disease burdens.…”

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Local trends in immunisation coverage across Africa

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Triangulating evidence from different study designs is needed. 8,9 Randomised trials on quitting alcohol at different levels will be ethical, informative, and warranted.Braillon 8 proposed the term moderate alcohol use should be replaced with low risk of drinking, where appropriate, to show that there is a health risk associated with drinking at any level. We further advocate that the term harmful use should no longer be used.The WHO voluntary global non-communicable diseases target for 2025 of a 10% reduction in harmful alcohol use (which is ill-defined) is unachievable with current approaches. Alcohol control is complex and stronger policies are required. The alcohol industry is thriving and should be regulated in a similar way to the tobacco industry. 10,11 Since the WHO FCTC has been successful, we advocate for a Framework Convention for Alcohol Control (FCAC) 10,11 and urge WHO to start the process as soon as possible. We also propose a stage of alcohol epidemic model (SAEM) with reference to the stage of tobacco epidemic model and the stage of obesity epidemic model. 12 At present, alcohol use is increasing in all countries. The SAEM forewarns that alcohol-attributable diseases will continue to increase, even when alcohol prevalence has reached the peak (ie, 0% increase) and begins to decline. The lag between the peak of alcohol prevalence and alcohol-induced diseases, which could be several decades, might confuse policy makers, and be used by the alcohol industry and related interests to argue against more stringent control measures by claiming that moderate drinkers should not be deprived of the supposed health benefits. We need to learn from tobacco control and unite to advocate for a FCAC.

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Forecasted trends in vaccination coverage and correlations with socioeconomic factors: a global time-series analysis over 30 years

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Cited by 86 publications

References 36 publications

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage correlates worldwide with rates of institutional deliveries and skilled attendance at birth

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage correlates worldwide with rates of institutional deliveries and skilled attendance at birth

Preventive health service coverage among infants and children at six maternal-child health clinics in western Kenya: A cross-sectional assessment

Local trends in immunisation coverage across Africa

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