Maternal illiteracy and household poverty predicted non-vaccination against polio in Nigeria, where only about one-third of children received all 4 recommended routine oral polio vaccine doses.
Cross-Sectional
What are the geographical and socio-demographic predictors of non-vaccination against polio in children in Nigeria?
Geographical and socio-economic disparities, particularly maternal education and household wealth, are significant predictors of polio non-vaccination in Nigeria.
Nigeria has made remarkable progress against polio, but 2 wild polio virus cases were reported in August 2016; putting an end to 2 y without reported cases. We examined the extent of geographical disparities in childhren not vaccinated against polio and examined individual- and community-level predictors of non-vaccination in Nigeria. We applied multilevel logistic regression models to the recent Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. The percentage of children not routinely vaccinated against polio in Nigeria varied greatly and clustered geographically, mainly in north-eastern states, with a great risk of spread of transmission within these states and potential exportation to neighboring states and countries. Only about one-third had received all recommended 4 routine oral polio vaccine doses. Non-vaccinated children tended to have a mother who had no formal education and who was currently not working, live in poorer households and were from neighborhoods with higher maternal illiteracy rates.
Uthman et al. (Fri,) conducted a cross-sectional in Polio non-vaccination. Maternal illiteracy and household poverty predicted non-vaccination against polio in Nigeria, where only about one-third of children received all 4 recommended routine oral polio vaccine doses.
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