In this outbreak, the risk for developing severe medical complications such as pneumonia or encephalitis from a measles infection was linked to lower maternal education levels, lower child immunisation coverage, and the absence of household incomes (86).
In their study about specific factors associated with the vaccination status in Nouna Health District, Sanou et al. [46] found out that children of Muslim families (controlling for economic status) have significantly lower rates of complete immunisation coverage in rural areas.
A programme for children Certain interventions, such as increasing immunisation coverage and lowering the price of schooling, involve only moderate costs but will have high returns – in terms of human lives as well as economic productivity.
Certain interventions, such as increasing immunisation coverage and lowering the price of schooling, involve only moderate costs but will have high returns – in terms of human lives as well as economic productivity.
Other outcomes included higher rates of childhood immunisation coverage, improvements in care planning [ 23], lower caesarean rates [ 31] and changes in birth weight associated with changes in maternal weight [ 17].
This is slightly lower than the coverage for our PCT region of 95.7% (estimate from published immunisation coverage by 5 years) 5 and may reflect a reduced uptake in children who attend PED.
By contrast, the levels of exportation to high-income countries, manufacturing economic activities, export intensity, female education, GDP per capita, democracy, health services, physician density, assisted birth delivery, immunisation coverage, access to safe water, CO2 emissions and the ecological footprints were lower in sub-Saharan Africa than those in other regions.
This is lower than in neighbouring regions: Brazil 99% coverage, Guyana 97% coverage and Colombia 95% coverage (2009 WHO/Unicef estimates of immunisation coverage).
That means improving routine immunisation coverage and highlighting urban blind spots.
