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Community Decision-making - Vaccination 12 Times More Likely

Strategy researched Engaging communities in decision-making and action through traditional and religious leaders Impact achieved 12 times more likely children in intervention clusters received at least one vaccine vs. in control & 1.66 times more likely to have their pentavalent vaccination completed. 22% increase in the timeliness for the measles vaccine. Country of study Nigeria Research methodology Cluster RCT Journal Journal paper title and link Excerpt from Abstract "The intervention was effective in increasing the proportion with at least one vaccine (OR 12.13 95% CI 6.03–24.41p<0.001). However, there was no evidence of an impact on the proportion of children up-to-date with vaccination (p = 0.69). It was effective in improving timeliness of Pentavalent 3 (OR 1.55; 95% CI: 1.14, 2.12; p = 0.005) and Measles (OR 2.81; 96% CI: 1.93–4.1; p<0.001) vaccination. The odds of completing Pentavalent vaccination increased (OR = 1.66 95% CI: 1.08,2.55)." |