Coverage and social and behavioural drivers of routine childhood immunisation in selected regions in the Philippines: a cross-sectional study
We found that only 65% of children were fully immunised in 2023, with both access and acceptance factors impacting uptake of routine childhood vaccines. Improving service accessibility and education of healthcare workers on vaccine safety and effectiveness and more targeted messaging from health authorities and mass media about the benefits of vaccination could increase uptake in the Philippines, with learnings from this study applicable globally.
Authors
- Suzanna Vidmar
- Micaella Dato
- Jessica Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-4183)
- Vicente Y. Belizario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5717-0823)
- Alvin Abeleda
- Jan Zarlyn Rosuello
- Maria Margarita Lota
- Anna Marie Demeterio
- Yoshiki Fujimori
- Madilene Landicho
- Evalyn Roxas
- Margie Danchin
- Soledad Natalia Dalisay
- Paulyn Jean Acacio-Claro
- Florian Vogt
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Asian Hospital and Medical Center (PH)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- University of the Philippines Manila (PH)
- University of the Philippines Diliman (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Global Health
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021106
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00