Presentation

Polio Birth Dose Vaccination in Pastoralist and Semi-pastoralist Communities: Evidences from CORE Group Polio Project Implementation Districts (Woredas) in Ethiopia, APHA 2019

Immunization is one of the most powerful and cost-effective public health interventions to prevent devastating illness and disability. Immunization program in pastoral communities needs locally sound and proven approaches to increase immunization uptake. Estimates of immunization coverage rates in Ethiopia varied widely, but were consistent in that polio birth dose coverage is much lower than other antigens, particularly in semi-pastoralist and pastoralist areas.