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Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study
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: Received: 31 January 2024 / Approved: 31 January 2024 / Online: 31 January 2024 (13:02:32 CET)
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Ntambue, E.M.; Magazani, A.N.; Kasonga, J.B.; Mudipanu, A.; Kabamba Nzaji, M.; Ishoso, D.K.; Nkamba, D.M. Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study. Preprints2024, 2024012221. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.2221.v1
Ntambue, E.M.; Magazani, A.N.; Kasonga, J.B.; Mudipanu, A.; Kabamba Nzaji, M.; Ishoso, D.K.; Nkamba, D.M. Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study. Preprints 2024, 2024012221. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.2221.v1
Ntambue, E.M.; Magazani, A.N.; Kasonga, J.B.; Mudipanu, A.; Kabamba Nzaji, M.; Ishoso, D.K.; Nkamba, D.M. Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study. Preprints2024, 2024012221. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.2221.v1
APA Style
Ntambue, E.M., Magazani, A.N., Kasonga, J.B., Mudipanu, A., Kabamba Nzaji, M., Ishoso, D.K., & Nkamba, D.M. (2024). Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.2221.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ntambue, E.M., Daniel Katuashi Ishoso and Dalau Mukadi Nkamba. 2024 "Correlates of Zero-Dose Status among Children Aged 12–23 Months in the Luambo Health District, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Matched Case-Control Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.2221.v1
Abstract
(1) Background: “Zero-dose” (ZD) refers to a child not receiving any doses of the pentavalent (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)-Hepatitis B) vaccine in the routine national immunization schedule. These children are vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), and are often already disadvantaged due to poverty, conflict, and lack of access to basic health services. The Luambo health district (HD) is one of the 26 HDs in the Kasai Central Province and has the largest number of ZD children. This study was conducted to examine the factors associated with ZD status in the Luambo HD; (2) Methods: We conducted a mixed study of children aged 12-23 months in the Luambo HD in the Kasai Central Province; (3) Results: A total of 445 children aged 12-23 months were included in the study, including 89 cases and 356 controls. Correlates of zero dose (ZD) status in children aged 12-23 months were mothers who were not receiving Antenatal Care (ANC), of not knowing any VPD, the fact of the children being born in Angola and the fact of the children being born at home. In addition, the perceptions of children’s parents influenced child immunization; (4) Conclusions: Missing ANC services during pregnancy leads to home delivery with consequences being lack of knowledge on childhood’s VPD and subsequently children not being vaccinated.
Keywords
luambo health district; democratic republic of the Congo; immunization; zero-dose
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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