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BMC International Health and Human Rights
Published in: BMC International Health and Human Rights 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Correspondence

Lessons learned from the development of a new methodology to assess missed opportunities for vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean

Authors: Martha Velandia-González, Silas Pierson Trumbo, José Luis Díaz-Ortega, Pamela Bravo-Alcántara, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Vance Dietz, Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus

Published in: BMC International Health and Human Rights | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

The Pan American Health Organization recently developed a practical guide for evaluating missed opportunities for vaccination among children aged <5 years. A missed opportunity occurs when an individual eligible for vaccination has contact with a health facility and does not receive a needed vaccine, despite having no contraindications. In this article, we discuss the strengths and limitations of this new methodology and present lessons learned from recent studies on undervaccination in Latin America. Our findings should be useful to countries embarking on assessing the magnitude and the causes of missed opportunities for vaccination children experience at health facilities.
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Metadata
Title
Lessons learned from the development of a new methodology to assess missed opportunities for vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors
Martha Velandia-González
Silas Pierson Trumbo
José Luis Díaz-Ortega
Pamela Bravo-Alcántara
M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday
Vance Dietz
Cuauhtémoc Ruiz-Matus
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC International Health and Human Rights / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-015-0043-1

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