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Door-to-door child immunization: an acceptable alternate way to continue essential services for vulnerable population of informal settlements in Nairobi

Save the Children International in Kenya (SCI-Kenya) has been implementing a child immunization project in three counties of Kenya (Mandera, Nairobi and Wajir) since January 2020. In the first quarter of 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic, there was a considerable disruption of immunization services in the informal settlements of Kibra and Langata in Nairobi county.  There was rising concern for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. Given the high population density within informal settlement areas in Nairobi county, SCI-Kenya facilitated and supported to conduct door-to-door immunization outreach services,