Geospatial variations in the prevalence of children missing out of diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccination in Nigeria: estimates from multiple household surveys
Faith Eshofonie, Ezra Gayawan · 2026
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Faith Eshofonie and Ezra Gayawan report a 2026 mapping study of missed childhood vaccines in Nigeria. The DPT vaccine guards against three diseases, yet many children never start or finish the course. National averages hide where the gaps sit, so the team mapped them by state and year.
Household survey data from 2003 to 2024 fed Bayesian spatial models. Missed doses clustered hard in the north compared with the south across the whole span. Dropout between doses shrank over time, which shows better follow-through once a child starts. Still, each later dose missed more children than the one before. Maps flagged states such as Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara where the chance of zero-dose rates above ten percent stays high. The authors urge targeted local fixes.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Faith Eshofonie, Ezra Gayawan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30172 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |