Coverage and determinants of childhood immunization in Somalia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Ahmed Mohamed Dirie, Nur Rashid Ahmed, Shafie Abdirahman Dirie, Osman Abubakar Fiidow, Kassim Abdi Jimale, Abdirahman Mohamud Mohamed · 2026
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Ahmed Mohamed Dirie leads a team of six authors in 2026 in pooling what is known about childhood vaccination in Somalia. Vaccines are among the cheapest health tools available, yet Somali coverage stays far below target, and scattered local studies needed combining into one picture.
Eleven studies from 2010 to 2025 met their criteria. The pooled figures are sobering: about fifty-eight percent of children had received at least one vaccine, and full immunization was lower still. Children born in health facilities were about twice as likely to be immunized as those born at home, a lever for policy that needs no new science to pull.
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| CREATOR | Ahmed Mohamed Dirie, Nur Rashid Ahmed, Shafie Abdirahman Dirie, Osman Abubakar Fiidow, Kassim Abdi Jimale, Abdirahman Mohamud Mohamed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |