Leveraging Data from a Provincial Electronic Immunization Registry to Analyze Immunization Coverage, Timeliness, and Defaulters Among 8.8 Million Children from the 2018 to 2023 Birth Cohorts in Sindh Province, Pakistan
This study demonstrates improvements in immunization coverage in Sindh while highlighting the challenge of low timeliness and high default rates. Our findings provide insights to strengthen immunization access and timeliness, particularly in high-default areas, and can guide policies in similar low-income settings for more equitable and comprehensive immunization coverage.
Authors
- Fatima Miraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4636-5625)
- Sundus Iftikhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-2722)
- Danya Arif Siddiqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9457-9110)
- Mubarak Taighoon Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9979-619X)
- Muhammad Siddique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-1656)
- Subhash Chandir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6523-8875)
- Vijay Kumar Dharma
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Interactive Research and Development (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccines
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12121327
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.58
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- GAVI Alliance