Exploring spatial variation in BCG vaccination among children 0-35 months in Ethiopia: spatial analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016.

Chilot Desta Agegnehu Adugnaw Zeleke Alem

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

A low probability of receiving BCG vaccination was found among children in the Somali and Afar regions. Therefore, these areas should be given attention when designing effective immunisation strategies to improve BCG vaccination among children in order to reduce the burden of tuberculosis in Ethiopia.

Keyphrases

young adults
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
hiv aids
human immunodeficiency virus
antiretroviral therapy