Vaccination Utilization and Subnational Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Administrative Data across 12 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
George MwinnyaaMichael A PetersGil ShapiraRachel NeillHusnia SadatSylvain YumaPierre Zalagile AkilimaliShahadat HossainNaod WendradWisdom K AtiwotoAnthony Adofo OfosuJean Patrick AlfredHelen KiarieChea Sanford WessehChris IsokpunwuDesmond Maada KangbaiAbdifatah Ahmed MohamedKadidja SidibeSalome' DrouardPablo Amor FernandezViviane AzaisTawab HashemiPeter M HansenTashrik AhmedPublished in: Vaccines (2023)
At least one region in every country has a significantly lower-than-expected post-pandemic cumulative volume for at least one of the three vaccines. Subnational monitoring of immunization service volumes using disaggregated routine health facility information data should be conducted routinely to target the limited vaccination resources to subnational units with the highest inequities.