Observational studyBMC pediatrics2017
Vaccination of infants aged 0 to 11 months at the Yaounde Gynaeco-obstetric and pediatric hospital in Cameroon: how complete and how timely?
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- Factors influencing childhood immunisation uptake in Africa: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Predictors of immunization coverage among 12-23 month old children in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Vaccination timeliness and delay in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature, 2007-2017.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019Pooled it
- Tracking Demographic Movements and Immunization Status to Improve Children's Access to Immunization: Field-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Trial
- Effect of Mobile Phone Text Message Reminders on the Completion and Timely Receipt of Routine Childhood Vaccinations: Superiority Randomized Controlled Trial in Northwest Ethiopia.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Delayed completion of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among children 4-48 months in rural Uganda: a socio-demographic inquiry.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Determinants of Access to the Pentavalent 3 Vaccine Among Children Aged 0-23 months in Cameroon Based on the Demographic and Health Survey 2018.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2025Article
- Timeliness for vaccination according to the expanded immunization program in children under 6 years of age in Colombia between 2014 and 2019.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Article
- Age-appropriate vaccination and associated factors among children aged 12-35 months in Ethiopia: A multi-level analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Spatial pattern and associated factors of timely vaccination in Ethiopia using EDHS-2016 data: A multilevel and spatial analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
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- A retrospective review of vaccine wastage and associated risk factors in the Littoral region of Cameroon during 2016-2017.BMC public health · 2022Article
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- Timeliness of routine childhood vaccination in 103 low-and middle-income countries, 1978-2021: A scoping review to map measurement and methodological gaps.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Age-appropriate vaccination practice and associated factors among mothers of children aged less than one year in the pastoral community of Afar region, Ethiopia.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
- Tracking Demographic Movements and Immunization Status to Improve Children's Access to Immunization (TDM-IAI): Protocol for a Field-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Rapid survey to determine the predictive factors of vaccination coverage in children aged 0 to 59 months in Guinea.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Using a mobile application ("PrimaKu") to promote childhood immunization in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study.Belitung nursing journal · 2021Article
- Timely completion of vaccination and its determinants among children in northwest, Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundVaccination is a major, but simple and cost effective public health intervention in the prevention of infectious diseases, especially in children. Nowadays, many children still miss scheduled vaccines in the Extended Program of Immunization (EPI) or are being vaccinated after the recommended ages.This study was aimed at assessing vaccination completeness and timeliness in children aged 0 to 11 months attending the vaccination clinic of the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital.
methodsThis was an observational cross-sectional study over a period of 3 months (1st February to 30th April 2016). 400 mothers were interviewed and their children's vaccination booklets analyzed. Information on the children and the parents was collected using a pretested questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20 software. Bivariate and multivariate analysis with logistic regression was done to assess the determinants of completeness and timeliness.
resultsA total of 400 mother-infant pairs were sampled. The vaccination completeness rate was 96.3%. This rate varied between 99.50% for BCG and 94.36% for IPV. Most of the children were born at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric hospital where they were regularly receiving their vaccines. The proportion of correctly vaccinated infants was 73.3%. The most differed vaccines were BCG, PCV13 and IPV. Factors influencing immunization completeness were the father's profession and the mother's level of education.
conclusionsDespite the high immunization coverage, some children did not complete their EPI vaccines and many of them took at least one vaccine after the recommended age.
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