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NISH (NITAG Support Hub) 5 : Interventions to promote routine vaccine coverage: Outcomes/Improve coverage in Africa and other LMICs

This LibGuide complements the Evidence Gap Map 2

Reviews

Eze, P., Agu, S.A., Agu, U.J. and Acharya, Y., 2021. Acceptability of mobile-phone reminders for routine childhood vaccination appointments in Nigeria–a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC health services research21, pp.1-15.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07296-1

Perroud, J.M., Soldano, S., Avanceña, A.L. and Wagner, A., 2022. Adult vaccination uptake strategies in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Vaccine. (Not OA)

Adamu, A.A., Uthman, O.A., Wambiya, E.O., Gadanya, M.A. and Wiysonge, C.S., 2019. Application of quality improvement approaches in health-care settings to reduce missed opportunities for childhood vaccination: a scoping review. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics15(11), pp.2650-2659.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1600988

Nelson, K.N., Wallace, A.S., Sodha, S.V., Daniels, D. and Dietz, V., 2016. Assessing strategies for increasing urban routine immunization coverage of childhood vaccines in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature. Vaccine34(46), pp.5495-5503. (not OA)

Mekonnen, Z.A., Gelaye, K.A., Were, M.C., Gashu, K.D. and Tilahun, B.C., 2019. Effect of mobile text message reminders on routine childhood vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews8(1), pp.1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1054-0

Atkinson, K.M., Wilson, K., Murphy, M.S., El-Halabi, S., Kahale, L.A., Laflamme, L.L. and El-Khatib, Z., 2019. Effectiveness of digital technologies at improving vaccine uptake and series completion–A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Vaccine37(23), pp.3050-3060. (Not OA)

Mureed, S., Somronghtong, R., Kumar, R., Ghaffar, A. and Chapman, R.S., 2015. Enhanced immunization coverage through interventions for childhood cluster diseases in developing countries. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad27(1), pp.223-7. (Not OA)

Bassani, D.G., Arora, P., Wazny, K., Gaffey, M.F., Lenters, L. and Bhutta, Z.A., 2013. Financial incentives and coverage of child health interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health13, pp.1-13. 

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/S3/S30

Crocker-Buque, T., Mindra, G., Duncan, R. and Mounier-Jack, S., 2017. Immunization, urbanization and slums–a systematic review of factors and interventions. BMC public health17, pp.1-16. 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4473-7

Abdullahi, L.H., Kagina, B.M., Ndze, V.N., Hussey, G.D. and Wiysonge, C.S., 2020. Improving vaccination uptake among adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1). (Not OA)

Oyo‐Ita, A., Wiysonge, C.S., Oringanje, C., Nwachukwu, C.E., Oduwole, O. and Meremikwu, M.M., 2016. Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (7). (Not OA)

Yunusa, U., Garba, S.N., Umar, A.B., Idris, S.H., Bello, U.L., Abdulrashid, I. and Mohammed, J., 2021. Mobile phone reminders for enhancing uptake, completeness and timeliness of routine childhood immunization in low and middle income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine39(2), pp.209-221. (not OA)

Vann, J.C.J., Jacobson, R.M., Coyne‐Beasley, T., Asafu‐Adjei, J.K. and Szilagyi, P.G., 2018. Patient reminder and recall interventions to improve immunization rates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1). (Not OA)

Singh, S., Mazor, K.M. and Fisher, K.A., 2019. Positive deviance approaches to improving vaccination coverage rates within healthcare systems: a systematic review. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research8(13), pp.1055-1065.

https://doi.org/10.2217/cer-2019-0056

Bosch-Capblanch, X., Zuske, M.K. and Auer, C., 2017. Research on subgroups is not research on equity attributes: Evidence from an overview of systematic reviews on vaccination. International journal for equity in health16(1), pp.1-10.

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-017-0587-x

Vouking, M.Z., Tadenfok, C.N. and Ekani, J.M.E., 2017. Strategies to increase immunization coverage of tetanus vaccine among women in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review. The Pan African Medical Journal27(Suppl 3).

10.11604/pamj.supp.2017.27.3.11535

Johri, M., Pérez, M.C., Arsenault, C., Sharma, J.K., Pai, N.P., Pahwa, S. and Sylvestre, M.P., 2015. Strategies to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization93, pp.339-346.

https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.146951

Ismail, S.A., Lam, S.T., Bell, S., Fouad, F.M., Blanchet, K. and Borghi, J., 2022. Strengthening vaccination delivery system resilience in the context of protracted humanitarian crisis: a realist-informed systematic review. BMC Health Services Research22(1), p.1277.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-022-08653-4

Munk, C., Portnoy, A., Suharlim, C., Clarke-Deelder, E., Brenzel, L., Resch, S.C. and Menzies, N.A., 2019. Systematic review of the costs and effectiveness of interventions to increase infant vaccination coverage in low-and middle-income countries. BMC health services research19(1), pp.1-10.

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-4468-4

Ozawa, S., Yemeke, T.T. and Thompson, K.M., 2018. Systematic review of the incremental costs of interventions that increase immunization coverage. Vaccine36(25), pp.3641-3649. (not OA)

Farhan R, M., Hanfiah Juni, M. and Afiah MZ, N., 2018. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON EFFECTIVENESS OF METHODS OF DELIVERY AND REMINDER OF HEALTH EDUCATION MODULE TO IMPROVE ADHERENCE ON CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE. International Journal of Public Health & Clinical Sciences (IJPHCS)5(6). (Not OA)

Tampi, M., Carrasco-Labra, A., O’Brien, K.K., Velandia-González, M. and Brignardello-Petersen, R., 2022. Systematic review on reducing missed opportunities for vaccinations in Latin America. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública46.

https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56090

de Cock, C., van Velthoven, M., Milne-Ives, M., Mooney, M. and Meinert, E., 2020. Use of apps to promote childhood vaccination: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth8(5), p.e17371.

https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17371

Jain, M., Shisler, S., Lane, C., Bagai, A., Brown, E., Engelbert, M., Vardy, Y., Eyers, J., Leon, D.A. and Parsekar, S.S., 2022. Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews18(3), p.e1253.

https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1253

Oliver-Williams, C., Brown, E., Devereux, S., Fairhead, C. and Holeman, I., 2017. Using mobile phones to improve vaccination uptake in 21 low-and middle-income countries: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth5(10), p.e7792.

doi:10.2196/mhealth.7792

Watterson, J.L., Walsh, J. and Madeka, I., 2015. Using mHealth to improve usage of antenatal care, postnatal care, and immunization: a systematic review of the literature. BioMed research international2015.

https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/153402

Mahachi, K., Kessels, J., Boateng, K., Achoribo, A.E.J.B., Mitula, P., Ekeman, E., Lochlainn, L.N., Rosewell, A., Sodha, S.V., Abela-Ridder, B. and Gabrielli, A.F., 2022. Zero-or missed-dose children in Nigeria: Contributing factors and interventions to overcome immunization service delivery challenges. Vaccine. (Not OA)