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ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2024

Group-based trajectory models of integrated vaccine delivery and equity in low- and middle-income countries.

Sanjana J Ravi, Andrés I Vecino-Ortiz, Christina M Potter, Maria W Merritt, Bryan N Patenaude

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Sanjana J RaviCenter for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 700 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA. sanjana@jhu.edu.
Andrés I Vecino-OrtizDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E8527, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Christina M PotterCenter for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 700 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA.
Maria W MerrittDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E8527, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
Bryan N PatenaudeDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E8527, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

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backgroundIntegrated vaccine delivery - the linkage of routine vaccination with provision of other essential health services - is a hallmark of robust primary care systems that has been linked to equitable improvements in population health outcomes.

methodsWe gathered longitudinal data relating to routine immunization coverage and vaccination equity in 78 low- and middle-income countries that have ever received support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, using multiple imputation to handle missing values. We then estimated several group-based trajectory models to describe the relationship between integrated vaccine delivery and vaccination equity in these countries. Finally, we used multinomial logistic regression to identify predictors of group membership.

resultsWe identified five distinct trajectories of geographic vaccination equity across both the imputed and non-imputed datasets, along with two and four trajectories of socioeconomic vaccination equity in the imputed and non-imputed datasets, respectively. Integration was associated with reductions in the slope index of inequality of measles vaccination in the countries analyzed. Integration was also associated with an increase in the percentage of districts reporting high measles vaccination coverage.

conclusionsIntegrated vaccine delivery is most strongly associated with improvements in vaccination equity in settings with high baseline levels of inequity. Continued scholarship is needed to further characterize the relationship between integration and health equity, as well as to improve measurement of vaccination coverage and integration.

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Health EquityMeaslesDeveloping CountriesHumansVaccinationVaccination Coverage

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