Publications by authors named "Harkabir S Jandu"

Article Synopsis
  • Despite global immunization progress, almost 50% of vaccine-preventable deaths occur in zero-dose (ZD) children, who lack access to essential vaccines and healthcare, predominantly living in extremely poor conditions.
  • This study analyzes data from India’s National Family Health Survey, identifying ZD children aged 12-23 months, assessing changes in prevalence, and exploring disparities based on factors like gender, residence, and maternal education.
  • Findings show a 4.1% reduction in ZD prevalence from 2016 to 2021, with improved rates in several states, but persistent inequalities exist, especially affecting girl children and those from underserved communities.
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Unlabelled: COVID-19 vaccination campaigns have been launched across the globe to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 disease. However, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns (Vaccination campaigns are the complete process of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns beyond just administrating vaccines.) are a complex multi-stakeholder process, and therefore, it is important to understand the key components and drivers of vaccination campaigns to help devise strategies to increase vaccination coverage for existing and future vaccination efforts.

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Expansion of immunization coverage is dependent in part on delivering potent vaccines in an equitable and timely manner to immunization outreach session sites from Cold Chain Points (CCPs). When duration of travel between the last CCP and the session site (Time-to-Supply) is too long, three consequences may arise: decreased potency due to exposure to heat and freezing, beneficiary dropouts due to delayed session starts, and, increased operational costs for the Health Facility (HF) conducting the outreach sessions. Guided by the Government of India's recommendation on cold chain point expansion to ensure that all session sites are within a maximum of 60 min from the last CCP, CHAI and the State Routine Immunization Cell in the state of Madhya Pradesh collaborated to pilot a novel approach to cold chain network optimization and expansion in eight districts of Madhya Pradesh.

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