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View article: Strengthening Primary Health Care Through Implementation Research: Strategies for Reaching Zero-Dose Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’ Immunization Programs
Strengthening Primary Health Care Through Implementation Research: Strategies for Reaching Zero-Dose Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’ Immunization Programs Open
Introduction: Despite global improvements in immunization, major gaps persist. By 2024, an estimated 14.3 million infants, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), remained zero-dose (ZD), never having received even the f…
View article: Review of: "[Commentary] Decentralization — “The Fundamental Challenge in the Pakistan Is the Decentralization of Health Care”"
Review of: "[Commentary] Decentralization — “The Fundamental Challenge in the Pakistan Is the Decentralization of Health Care”" Open
Potential competing interests: No potential competing interests to declare.The topic itself is very important for Pakistan.However, it would have been better if the author could highlight the current health system challenges in the country…
View article: Advancing Immunization Coverage and Equity: A Structured Synthesis of Pro-Equity Strategies in 61 Gavi-Supported Countries
Advancing Immunization Coverage and Equity: A Structured Synthesis of Pro-Equity Strategies in 61 Gavi-Supported Countries Open
Background: Global immunization inequities persist, reflected in the 25 million underimmunized and 18 million zero-dose children in 2021. To identify country approaches to reach underimmunized and zero-dose children, we undertook a structu…
View article: Immunization data quality and factors influencing data generation, handling and use in Wogera District, Northern Ethiopia, 2020
Immunization data quality and factors influencing data generation, handling and use in Wogera District, Northern Ethiopia, 2020 Open
Background: Data quality is a vital metric in health information systems to ascertain improved health of individuals and community as well. Immunization data are critical inputs in assessing national performance of expanded program on immu…
View article: The Implementation of Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention to Improve Immunization Demand: A qualitative study in Awabel District, Northwest Ethiopia
The Implementation of Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention to Improve Immunization Demand: A qualitative study in Awabel District, Northwest Ethiopia Open
Background: Immunization coverage in Ethiopia is low, and dropout rates are high. Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions were introduced as a means of combating the ‘demand-side’ immunization barriers. However, Little re…
View article: Assessment of immunization data management practices, facilitators, and barriers to immunization data quality in the health facilities of Tach Gayint district, Northwest Ethiopia
Assessment of immunization data management practices, facilitators, and barriers to immunization data quality in the health facilities of Tach Gayint district, Northwest Ethiopia Open
Introduction: Although data quality mainly depends upon the proper management of its primary sources, limited studies examined immunization data management practice in Ethiopia.Aim: To explore data management practices, facilitators, and b…
View article: How to optimize Immunization Supply Management at different levels of the health system in Oromia Region? An implementation science research
How to optimize Immunization Supply Management at different levels of the health system in Oromia Region? An implementation science research Open
Background: In programs like immunization having strong supply management is important to benefit all the necessary inputs of the health system. In Ethiopia, it has been found, that vaccine availability at service delivery points is low. M…
View article: How to optimize health facilities and community linkage in order to enhance immunization service? The case of West Amhara Region, Ethiopia
How to optimize health facilities and community linkage in order to enhance immunization service? The case of West Amhara Region, Ethiopia Open
Background: Health facility-community linkages are important in designing community-level interventions, appropriate immunization service provision modalities, and changing unhealthy behaviors. However, there is limited evidence on the inf…
View article: Embedding implementation research to strengthen efforts towards improving primary health care in resource limited settings
Embedding implementation research to strengthen efforts towards improving primary health care in resource limited settings Open
Immunization reaches more people than any other health service and it is a vital component of primary health care (PHC) (1,2). The Immunization Agenda 2030 emphasizes building strong national immunization programs integrated into primary h…
View article: Increasing the demand for vaccination through mHealth in Quetta City, Balochistan in Pakistan
Increasing the demand for vaccination through mHealth in Quetta City, Balochistan in Pakistan Open
Background Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by area, and the least developed. It suffers from several political, tribal and border conflicts. The distances to health facilities for the catchment population are long with limi…
View article: Closing the know-do gap for child health: UNICEF’s experiences from embedding implementation research in child health and nutrition programming
Closing the know-do gap for child health: UNICEF’s experiences from embedding implementation research in child health and nutrition programming Open
UNICEF operates in 190 countries and territories, where it advocates for the protection of children’s rights and helps meet children’s basic needs to reach their full potential. Embedded implementation research (IR) is an approach to healt…
View article: An embedded implementation research initiative to tackle service delivery bottlenecks in the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan: Overview and reflections
An embedded implementation research initiative to tackle service delivery bottlenecks in the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan: Overview and reflections Open
The Initiative established that an immunisation programme in a lower middle-income country can use small and time-bound embedded IR, based on partnerships between programme managers and local researchers, to generate information and eviden…
View article: Pro-equity immunization and health systems strengthening strategies in select Gavi-supported countries
Pro-equity immunization and health systems strengthening strategies in select Gavi-supported countries Open
Findings from this mapping can be useful in addressing equity gaps, reaching partially immunized, and 'zero-dose' vaccinated children, and valuable resource for countries planning to implement pro-equity strategies, especially as immunizat…
View article: Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN) approach to improve immunization supply chain and management performance system in Pakistan
Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN) approach to improve immunization supply chain and management performance system in Pakistan Open
The VAN approach improves vaccine supply chain management. It should be scaled up and implemented at national or sub national especially in countries struggling with vaccine supply chain management.
View article: Developing a three-dimensional narrative to counter polio vaccine refusal in Charsadda.
Developing a three-dimensional narrative to counter polio vaccine refusal in Charsadda. Open
The ethnic, cultural and religious dispositions of community members shape polio vaccine refusals in Charsadda District, in different ways. In synch with existing conspiracy theories and medical misconceptions, these three factors make ref…
View article: What we know and don’t know about the immunization program of Ethiopia: a scoping review of the literature
What we know and don’t know about the immunization program of Ethiopia: a scoping review of the literature Open
Background There has been significant recent prioritization and investment in the immunization program in Ethiopia. However, coverage rates have stagnated and remained low for many years, suggesting the presence of systemic barriers to imp…
View article: What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature
What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature Open
Background: There has been significant recent prioritization and investment in the immunization program in Ethiopia. However, coverage rates have stagnated and remained low for many years, suggesting the presence of systemic barriers to im…
View article: Carrying out embedded implementation research in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Carrying out embedded implementation research in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Open
Findings indicate that embedded IR can be done effectively in humanitarian settings if the challenges are anticipated, and appropriate strategies and in-country partners put in place to address or mitigate them, before commencing the fundi…
View article: Correction: Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions
Correction: Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions Open
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230732.].
View article: What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature
What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature Open
Background: There has been significant recent prioritization and investment in the immunization program in Ethiopia. However, coverage rates have stagnated and remained low for many years, suggesting the presence of systemic barriers to im…
View article: What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature
What we know and don’t know about the Immunization Program of Ethiopia: A Scoping Review of the Literature Open
Background: There has been significant recent prioritization and investment in the immunization program in Ethiopia. However, coverage rates have stagnated and remained low for many years, suggesting the presence of systemic barriers to im…
View article: Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions
Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions Open
Providing healthcare in an emergency setting has several associated challenges. Considering the CFIR as the base for identifying different challenges and their potential solutions at a different level of the program can prove to be an exce…
Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal Open
Influences on married adolescent girls' use of skilled maternal health services in Banke District, Nepal were multi-factoral. Ensuring easy access and availability of adolescent-friendly maternal health services are important to encourage …
View article: Double Burden of Malnutrition among Bangladeshi Women: A Literature Review
Double Burden of Malnutrition among Bangladeshi Women: A Literature Review Open
A narrative review was carried out of existing literature comprising nationally representative data. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, and Banglajol databases. Quantitative studies reporting the prevalence and risk factors of the double …