Mobile phone reminders for enhancing uptake, completeness and timeliness of routine childhood immunization in low and middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): An umbrella review

“…The vast majority of included reviews covered interventions aiming at preventing infectious diseases in children [ 49 , 50 , 54 – 59 , 62 , 64 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 71 – 82 , 84 – 99 , 101 , 102 , 104 , 106 , 108 – 110 ]. Over a quarter included health promoting interventions [ 48 , 49 , 60 – 64 , 66 , 67 , 70 , 72 , 78 , 83 , 92 , 103 , 107 ] and only two covered health protection interventions [ 100 , 105 ].…”

“…Looking at the number of included reviews per intervention level, two reviews included interventions at the structural level [ 49 , 85 ], twenty-five covered interventions at the public policy level [ 49 , 55 , 58 , 62 , 64 , 68 , 69 , 72 , 78 , 81 , 83 , 85 – 88 , 90 , 91 , 93 , 97 , 98 , 101 , 102 , 104 , 108 , 110 ], twenty-four at the community level [ 50 , 59 , 62 , 64 , 65 , 69 , 72 – 74 , 76 , 78 , 80 , 82 , 84 , 85 , 89 , 92 , 95 – 97 , 99 , 100 , 106 , 109 ] and twenty-five at the individual level [ 48 , 55 – 57 , 60 , 61 , 63 …”

“…We found forty-eight reviews that looked at interventions aiming to prevent infectious diseases in children ( Table 5 ). Seventeen covered interventions at the structural and policy intervention levels [ 49 , 55 , 58 , 68 , 81 , 86 – 88 , 90 , 91 , 93 , 98 , 101 , 102 , 104 , 108 , 110 ], three included multilevel interventions [ 62 , 69 , 97 ] and thirty-one looked at interventions at the community, households and individual levels [ 50 , 54 – 57 , 59 , 64 , 65 , 69 , 71 – 77 , 79 , 80 , 82 , 84 , 85 , 89 , 90 , 92 , 94 – 97 , 99 , 106 , 109 ].…”

“…Increasing child immunization (17 reviews) . Seventeen reviews covered interventions at community or individual levels aiming to improve child immunization uptake and/or coverage either by increasing the demand for or the supply of immunization services [ 50 , 59 , 64 , 65 , 72 – 74 , 82 , 85 , 89 , 92 , 95 – 97 , 99 , 106 , 109 ]. These reviews synthesized 100 individual primary studies, almost all of which were from Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with only three studies from Latin America.…”

“…Three of these reviews were assessed as high quality [ 59 , 64 , 65 ] and three as moderate [ 72 – 74 ]. The other eleven were assessed either as low [ 50 , 82 , 85 ] or critically low methodological quality [ 89 , 92 , 95 – 97 , 99 , 106 , 109 ].…”