Missed immunization opportunitiess among children in Enugu

A systematic literature review of missed opportunities for immunization in low- and middle-income countries

“…Eleven studies [15][16][17]20,22,25,34,43,[45][46][47] reported MOI prevalence by vaccine type (Table 1). Of these, six studies included all of the following vaccines: BCG, DPT, measles and OPV.…”

“…Of 26 studies with information available on setting, 19 [5,9,11,12,14,15,18,20,[22][23][24]31,34,38,39,42,44,46,47] measured missed opportunities only in a curative setting, 4 studies only in a preventive setting [13,33,35,45] and 3 in both settings [8,10,25]. The pooled prevalence estimated in the curative setting was 33.4% (95% CI: 23.8-43.0) and in the preventive setting was 17.8% (95% CI: 9.4-26.1).…”

Mothers’ knowledge, perception and practice of childhood immunization in Enugu

“…10 However, in Nigeria, as in some other third world countries, immunization coverage is low. 11,12 Nigeria recorded an abysmal national routine immunization coverage of 12% in 2003 13 , and 36% in 2006. 10 In 2009, Nigeria accounted for about 3.5 million (14%) of the 23.2 million children worldwide who did not receive 3 doses of DPT vaccine during the first year of life.…”

“…In spite of efforts directed at solving operational problems, immunization coverage in Nigeria has persistently remained unacceptably low. 11,12 It has therefore become necessary to examine these maternal issues in relation to immunization (routine and campaign) as well as associated factors. The aim of the current study is therefore to assess Mothers' knowledge, perception and practice of childhood immunization in Enugu.…”

A Systematic Review on Factors Affecting Community Participation towards Polio Immunization in Nigeria

“…Immunization needs to be offered at every opportunity with the aim of eliminating vaccine preventable diseases. In the Nigerian context however, studies have shown that immunization coverage is declining, because of the failure to access immunization targets of children during visits to facilities and failure to administer all the needed vaccines simultaneously (Tagbo BN, et al, 2005) [7].…”