Antenatal care service delivery and factors affecting effective tetanus vaccine coverage in low- and middle-income countries: Results of the Maternal Immunisation and Antenatal Care Situational analysis (MIACSA) project |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;2. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK;3. Section Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA;4. Epidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation (EME), Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;5. Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;6. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;7. Coordinator of the National Program to Combat Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality, Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon;8. Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom;9. Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit and Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;10. Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA;11. Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research Including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;12. Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo map the integration of existing maternal tetanus immunization programmes within antenatal care (ANC) services for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to identify and understand the challenges, barriers and facilitators associated with high performance maternal vaccine service delivery.DesignA mixed methods, cross sectional study with four data collection phases including a desk review, online survey, telephone and face-to-face interviews and in country visits was undertaken between 2016 and 2018. Associations of different service delivery process components with protection at birth (PAB) and with country groups were established. PAB was defined as the proportion of neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus. Regression analysis and structural equation modelling was used to assess associations of different variables with maternal tetanus immunization coverage. Latent class analysis (LCA), was used to group country performance for maternal immunization, and to address the problem of multicollinearity.SettingLMICs.ResultsThe majority of LMICs had a policy on recommended number of ANC visits, however most were yet to implement the WHO guidelines recommending eight ANC contacts. Countries that recommended > 4 ANC contacts were more likely to have high PAB > 90%. Passive disease surveillance was the most common form of disease surveillance performed but the maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality indicators recorded differed between countries. The presence of user fees for antenatal care and maternal immunization was significantly associated with lower PAB (<90%).ConclusionsRecommendations include implementing the current WHO ANC guideline to facilitate increased opportunities for vaccination during each pregnancy. Improved utilisation of ANC services by increasing the demand side by increasing the quality of services, reducing any associated costs and supporting user fee exemptions, or the supply side can also enhance utilisation of ANC services which are positioned as an ideal platform for delivery of maternal vaccines. |
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| Keywords: | Pregnancy Antenatal care Tetanus Vaccination MIACSA |
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