TY - JOUR
T1 - Embedding implementation research to strengthen efforts towards improving primary health care in resource limited settings
AU - Tilahun, Binyam
AU - Zelalem, Meseret
AU - Mekonnen, Zeleke Abebaw
AU - Sheikh, Kabir
AU - Shahabuddin, Asm
AU - Sharkey, Alyssa
AU - Feletto, Marta
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Immunization reaches more people than any other health service and it is a vital component of primary health care (PHC) (1,2). The Immunization Agenda 2030 emphasizes building strong national immunization programs integrated into primary health care services as the basis for achieving high vaccination coverage (2). In Ethiopia, immunization services are the backbone of PHC and are delivered in all public health facilities across the country (1). Even though the national EPI target is to reach a coverage of 90%(1), achieving and maintaining high immunization coverage is challenged by multifaceted demand and supply side implementation barriers (3–5). These barriers are related to community engagement, immunization service delivery, supply chain management, and surveillance and data management of the immunization program (5).
AB - Immunization reaches more people than any other health service and it is a vital component of primary health care (PHC) (1,2). The Immunization Agenda 2030 emphasizes building strong national immunization programs integrated into primary health care services as the basis for achieving high vaccination coverage (2). In Ethiopia, immunization services are the backbone of PHC and are delivered in all public health facilities across the country (1). Even though the national EPI target is to reach a coverage of 90%(1), achieving and maintaining high immunization coverage is challenged by multifaceted demand and supply side implementation barriers (3–5). These barriers are related to community engagement, immunization service delivery, supply chain management, and surveillance and data management of the immunization program (5).
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M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85122911391
SN - 1021-6790
VL - 35
JO - Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
JF - Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
IS - 3
M1 - 35
ER -