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    Design, Development, and Deployment of an Electronic Immunization Registry: Experiences From Vietnam, Tanzania, and Zambia
    Emily Carnahan, Linh Nguyen, Sang Dao, Masaina Bwakya, Hassan Mtenga, Hong Duong, Francis Dien Mwansa, Ngwegwe Bulula, Huyen Dang, Maya Rivera, Trung Nguyen, Tuan Ngo, Doan Nguyen, Laurie Werner and Nga Nguyen
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2100804; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00804

    We compare experiences implementing electronic immunization registries across countries to highlight findings and recommendations related to time, partnerships, financial costs, and technology and infrastructure.

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    Community Health Workers as Vaccinators: A Rapid Review of the Global Landscape, 2000–2021
    Emily Gibson, Mariam Zameer, Rebecca Alban and Luc Mahougbé Kouwanou
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2023, 11(1):e2200307; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00307

    This review identifies countries where community health workers administered vaccines and synthesizes health systems factors that may contribute to or detract from the feasibility of community health workers administering vaccines to alleviate health workforce shortages.

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    Comprehensive Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance in the Western Pacific Region: A Literature Review on Integration of Surveillance Functions, 2000–2021
    Morgane Donadel, Heather M. Scobie, Roberta Pastore, Varja Grabovac, Nyambat Batmunkh, Stephanie O’Connor, Benjamin A. Dahl and Christopher S. Murrill
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200017; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00017

    A literature review supports integrating vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) into broader communicable disease surveillance systems in Western Pacific Region countries while ensuring that the minimal World Health Organization–recommended standards for VPD surveillance are met.

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    A Tale of 2 Countries: Implementation of the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform in Guinea and Kenya
    Emily Stammer, Lea Teklemariam, Aliou Barry, Roger Millimono, Amos Chweya, Nicole Danfakha, Caddi Golia, Elena Herrera, Leslie Patykewich, Wendy Prosser and Soumya Alva
    Global Health: Science and Practice October 2022, 10(5):e2200066; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00066

    Case studies of Gavi Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform investments in Guinea and Kenya illustrate how countries prioritize and implement large funding and support mechanisms and offer lessons applicable to other countries embarking on similar interventions.

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    Coverage and Drivers to Reaching the Last Child With Vaccination in Urban Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study in Kampala, Uganda
    Carol Kamya, Faith Namugaya, Charles Opio, Paul Katamba, Emily Carnahan, Anne Katahoire, Joanita Nankabirwa, Jaffer Okiring and Peter Waiswa
    Global Health: Science and Practice August 2022, 10(4):e2100663; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00663

    Most children in Kampala city are not fully vaccinated as the health system is not designed to suit the complex urban setting.

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    Early Lessons From Ethiopia in Establishing a Data Triangulation Process to Analyze Immunization Program and Supply Data for Decision Making
    Adriana Almiñana, Amare Bayeh, Daniel Girma, Natasha Kanagat, Lisa Oot, Wendy Prosser, Belayneh Dagnew and Disha Ali
    Global Health: Science and Practice June 2022, 10(3):e2100719; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00719

    Health managers in Ethiopia used a data triangulation tool and process to prompt decision making and meaningful actions to improve immunization services. Immunization managers interested in incorporating data triangulation analyses into their current data review systems will need to determine practical, feasible means for operationalization, preferably through a collaborative, iterative process with users.

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    Cost of Delivering Tetanus Toxoid and Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccination in Vietnam and the Budget Impact of Proposed Changes to the Schedule
    Vu Quynh Mai, Laura Boonstoppel, Kelsey Vaughan, Carl Schutte, Annette Ozaltin, Duong Thi Hong, Nguyen Mai Khanh, Hoang Manh Thang, Tran Tuan Anh and Hoang Van Minh
    Global Health: Science and Practice April 2022, 10(2):e2100482; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00482

    This study shows that replacing tetanus toxoid vaccination in Vietnam for girls aged 15–16 years in high-risk areas with routine tetanus-diphtheria vaccination for children aged 7 years mainly through a school-based delivery strategy will likely result in immunization cost savings.

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    Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019
    Shibani Kulkarni, Paul Sengeh, Victor Eboh, Mohammad B. Jalloh, Lansana Conteh, Tom Sesay, Ngobeh Ibrahim, Pa Ousman Manneh, Reinhard Kaiser, Yuka Jinnai, Aaron S. Wallace, Dimitri Prybylski and Mohamed F. Jalloh
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100237; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237

    Our findings suggest that health workers and faith leaders are important sources of information to deliver vaccination messages, given their strong association with vaccination confidence and uptake. In this context, vaccination promotion efforts that integrate faith leaders and health workers may help increase vaccination uptake.

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    Key Factors Influencing Use of Immunization Cost Evidence in Country Planning and Budgeting Processes: Experiences From Indonesia, Tanzania, and Vietnam
    Annette Ozaltin, Kelsey Vaughan, Kassimu Tani, Fatuma Manzi, Vu Quynh Mai, Hoang Van Minh, Soewarta Kosen, Lora Shimp, Logan Brenzel and Laura Boonstoppel
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100264; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00264

    The evidence to policy and practice facilitated process represents a journey that countries and their development partners can embark on to increase the likelihood that health policy makers will use cost evidence for policy making and planning.

  • Open Access
    Implementation Approaches for Introducing and Overcoming Barriers to Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa
    Alix Boisson, Varun Goel, Marcel Yotebieng, Jonathan B. Parr, Bruce Fried and Peyton Thompson
    Global Health: Science and Practice February 2022, 10(1):e2100277; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00277

    We discuss determinants of hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa countries at the policy, facility, and community levels and propose solutions to known barriers of hepatitis B vaccine introduction in low- and middle-income countries.

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