Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood immunization coverage in Nigeria

Abstract

Introduction: Immunization is the world most successful and cost-effective public health interventions as it prevents over 2 million deaths annually. However, over 2 million deaths still occur yearly from Vaccine preventable diseases, the majority of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria is a major contributor of global childhood deaths from VPDs. Till date, Nigeria still has wild polio virus in circulation. The objective of this study was to identify the individual and socioeconomic factors associated with immunization coverage in Nigeria through a secondary dataset analysis of Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS), 2013.

Keywords

• immunization
• nigeria
• nigerian demographic and health survey (ndhs)