Heidi W. Reynolds, Emelita L. Wong, H. Tucker
CONTEXT: Because of high levels of early childbearing in developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth are the leading causes of death among women aged 15-19. Use of skilled antenatal and delivery care improves maternal outcomes through the prevention, management and treatment of obstetric complica...
Gustavo Caetano Correa, Md. Jasim Uddin, Tasnuva Wahed, Elizabeth Oliveras et al.
Zero-dose (ZD) children is a critical objective in global health, and it is at the heart of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) strategy. Coverage for the first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP1)-containing vaccine is the global operational indicator used to estimate ZD children. When sur...
Nancy Fullman, Gustavo Caetano Correa, Gloria Ikilezi, David Phillips et al.
BACKGROUND: Understanding past successes in reaching unvaccinated or "zero-dose" children can help inform strategies for improving childhood immunization in other settings. Drawing from positive outlier methods, we developed a novel approach for identifying potential exemplars in reducing zero-dose ...
Hemel Das, Zerin Jannat, Kaniz Fatema, Jannat-E-Tajreen Momo et al.
Background In the era of Gavi's 5.0 vision of "leaving no one behind with immunization", childhood routine vaccination in missed communities is considered as a priority concern. Despite having a success story at the national level, low uptake of immunization is still persistent in selected pocket ar...
Zerin Jannat, Hemel Das, Md. Wazed Ali, Nurul Alam et al.
This paper presents and elaborates on empirical methods and approaches used to identify Zero-Dose (ZD) and Under-immunized (UI) children as well as the communities that these children reside in within Bangladesh. This paper also describes demand- and supply side-barriers that lead to children being ...
Ann Levin, Teemar Fisseha, Heidi W. Reynolds, Gustavo Caetano Correa et al.
Introduction: A limited number of studies focus on estimating the costs of interventions to increase childhood immunization coverage in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Existing reviews often compare estimated costs but lack information on the methods used. The objective of this review is t...
Heidi W. Reynolds, Gustavo C Corrêa, Nancy Vollmer, Erin Broekhuysen et al.
Reaching and fully immunizing zero-dose (ZD) children and missed communities is at the core of the Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance 5.0/5.1 and Immunization Agenda 2030 strategies. This is critical to ensure equitable immunization coverage and access to other primary health care services and to prevent ou...
Zerin Jannat, Hemel Das, Tabita Jannatul, Md. Wazed Ali et al.
Introduction Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Immunisation Agenda 2030 have intensified their emphasis on equity, with the intent of reaching zero-dose (ZD—missing the first dose of pentavalent) and under-immunised (UI—missing the third dose of pentavalent) children and their communities. I...