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.
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The CGPP team consisting of the global office, and the Ethiopia and Nigeria secretariats have attended the APHA 2021 Annual Conference and Expo held in Denver Colorado from October 24 to 27, 2021.