Impact of vaccine stockouts on immunization coverage in Nigeria

Academia ARC Data & Analysis Report Expert Article Vaccines & Immunization

Improving immunization coverage requires a reliable supply of vaccines and supplies, trained and incentivized health workers, and strategies to improve demand. Using data from Nigeria and a mixed-effects general linear model, this study estimates the effect of vaccine availability on routine immunization coverage and identifies the demand- and health-system factors that shape this relationship.

The authors find that when vaccine stockouts occur at Local Government Area stores in Nigeria, they significantly decrease the number of children immunized, and that the effect lasts several months. Some of the lost demand is recovered over the following six months as children catch up with the regimen, but the magnitude varies across vaccines.

Auteur(s) d'origine : Emily Gooding, Eirini Spiliotopoulou & Prashant Yadav

Publication d'origine : ARC Community (IGLOO), publié le 6 août 2019 (Pretty Mubaiwa)

Source : Africa Resource Centre