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The impact of immunization on the association between poverty and child survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

Authored by:

Bawah, A.A., Phillips, J.F., Adjuik, M., et al

Full Citation:

Bawah, A.A., Phillips, J.F., Adjuik, M., et al 2010. The impact of immunization on the association between poverty and child survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana. Scandanavian Journal of Public Health. 38(1).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Vaccination improves the equity of health among the poor.

Key Evidence: A package of 5 vaccines was delivered, and it was found that children from poorer households benefited more in terms of health outcomes from immunization than did those from relatively wealthier households. Results suggest that most of the risk of dying before age five can be eliminated with full immunization in the severely health-deprived setting.

Vaccination can help improve the equity in access to health for the poor.

Key Evidence: Models based on demographic data from Ghana suggest that immunization would eliminate the childhood mortality risk associated with living in poverty and greatly diminish the increased risk of mortality borne by children whose parents have low levels of education.

Vaccines have the greatest mortality and economic benefit amongst the poor.

Vaccination can help to diminish or eliminate the increased mortality risk of children living in poverty.