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Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies

Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies
Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies

The success of vaccination programs depends largely on the mechanisms used in vaccine delivery. National immunization programs offer childhood vaccines through fixed and outreach services within the health system and often, additional supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) are undertaken to fill gaps and boost coverage. Here, we map predicted coverage at 1 × 1 km spatial resolution in five low- and middle-income countries to identify areas that are under-vaccinated via each delivery method using Demographic and Health Surveys data. We compare estimates of the coverage of the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccine (DTP3), which is typically delivered through routine immunization (RI), with those of measles-containing vaccine (MCV) for which SIAs are also undertaken. We find that SIAs have boosted MCV coverage in some places, but not in others, particularly where RI had been deficient, as depicted by DTP coverage. The modelling approaches outlined here can help to guide geographical prioritization and strategy design.

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Cutts, Felicity T.
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Utazi, C. Edson, Thorley, Julia, Alegana, Victor A., Ferrari, Matthew J., Takahashi, Saki, Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Lessler, Justin, Cutts, Felicity T. and Tatem, Andrew J. (2019) Mapping vaccination coverage to explore the effects of delivery mechanisms and inform vaccination strategies. Nature Communications, 10 (1), [1633]. (doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09611-1).

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The success of vaccination programs depends largely on the mechanisms used in vaccine delivery. National immunization programs offer childhood vaccines through fixed and outreach services within the health system and often, additional supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) are undertaken to fill gaps and boost coverage. Here, we map predicted coverage at 1 × 1 km spatial resolution in five low- and middle-income countries to identify areas that are under-vaccinated via each delivery method using Demographic and Health Surveys data. We compare estimates of the coverage of the third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccine (DTP3), which is typically delivered through routine immunization (RI), with those of measles-containing vaccine (MCV) for which SIAs are also undertaken. We find that SIAs have boosted MCV coverage in some places, but not in others, particularly where RI had been deficient, as depicted by DTP coverage. The modelling approaches outlined here can help to guide geographical prioritization and strategy design.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 March 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 April 2019
Published date: 1 December 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 430443
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430443
ISSN: 2041-1723
PURE UUID: b81eceb0-fb45-4c53-bbdf-8739f0dc53d9
ORCID for Victor A. Alegana: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5177-9227
ORCID for Andrew J. Tatem: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7270-941X

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Date deposited: 01 May 2019 16:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:50

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Author: C. Edson Utazi
Author: Julia Thorley
Author: Matthew J. Ferrari
Author: Saki Takahashi
Author: C. Jessica E. Metcalf
Author: Justin Lessler
Author: Felicity T. Cutts
Author: Andrew J. Tatem ORCID iD

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