Presentation

Strengthening Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI) through facility-based supportive supervision in pastoralist and hard-to-reach part of Ethiopia: the experience of CORE Group Ethiopia

• Children who received vaccination earlier than the recommended age (later for OPV 0) and before minimum interval of four weeks were found to be higher,
• Maternal characteristics (such as residence, religion, education, occupation, age and sex of child) have no significant association with vaccination timing and interval between doses,
• Strong interpersonal communication between mothers and vaccinators should be in place to improve timely vaccine doses,
• Health workers need to practice proper age screening for timely vaccine commencement and keeping interval between consecutive doses.