Open AccessAt-birth vaccination timeliness: An analysis of inborns in the highlands of Jos, North-Central Nigeria
Author(s) -
S David Danjuma,
Abdullahi Abdu İbrahim,
Nathan Y. Shehu,
M Udochukwu Diala,
C Victor Pam,
Christopher O Ogbodo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_44_20
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , logistic regression , confidence interval , odds ratio , pediatrics , psychological intervention , health facility , demography , environmental health , population , immunology , health services , psychiatry , sociology
Immunisation and vaccination programmes are preventive and cost-effective child health interventions for reducing childhood mortality and disability from infectious diseases. Timely administration of these vaccines is important to ensure their effectiveness in disease prevention.