Key Concept

In some settings, malnourished children, who are at increased vulnerability to infection and death, are less likely to be immunized.

Key Evidence: In urban residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo, chronically malnourished children were less likely to have received two doses of measles-containing vaccine compared to healthy children.

Ashbaugh, H.R., Hoff, N.A., Doshi, R. H., et al. 2018. Predictors of measles vaccination coverage among children 6–59 months of age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Vaccine. 36(4).

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