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BMC Int Health Hum Rights
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Velandia-González, Martha ; Trumbo, Silas Pierson ; Díaz-Ortega, José Luis ; Bravo-Alcántara, Pamela ; Danovaro-Holliday, M Carolina ; ... More +
Velandia-González, Martha ; Trumbo, Silas Pierson ; Díaz-Ortega, José Luis ; Bravo-Alcántara, Pamela ; Danovaro-Holliday, M Carolina ; Dietz, Vance ; Ruiz-Matus, Cuauhtémoc ; Less -
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The Pan American Health Organization recently developed a practical guide for evaluating missed opportunities for vaccination among children aged <5 years. A missed opportunity occurs when an individual eligible for vaccination has contact with a health facility and does not receive a needed vaccine, despite having no contraindications. In this article, we discuss the strengths and limitations of this new methodology and present lessons learned from recent studies on undervaccination in Latin America. Our findings should be useful to countries embarking on assessing the magnitude and the causes of missed opportunities for vaccination children experience at health facilities.
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Correspondence
Immunization Surveys
Missed Opportunities For Vaccination
National Immunization Programs
Undervaccination

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BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 15. ;
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Journal Article ;
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CDC Public Access
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