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. 2026 May 19;14(5):452. doi: 10.3390/vaccines14050452
AEFI Adverse Events Following Immunization
AI Artificial Intelligence
AMP Afrique Agence Africaine de Médecine Préventive/African Preventive Medicine Agency
BCU Big Catch-Up
DHIS2 District Health Information Software 2
DTP Diphtheria–Tetanus–Pertussis
DTP-HepB-Hib-IPV Diphtheria–Tetanus–Pertussis–Hepatitis B–Haemophilus influenzae type b–Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
eBASE Effective Basic Services Africa
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunization
Gavi Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
GCEI Groupe Consultatif d’Experts en Immunisation/National Immunization Advisory Structure (Mauritania context)
HeVAC Hexavalent Vaccine (Switch) Assessment Consortium
HepB Hepatitis B
Hib Haemophilus influenzae type b
ICC Inter-agency Coordination Committee
IPV Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
MOH Ministry of Health
NITAG National Immunization Technical Advisory Group
OPTIVAC Optimizing Vaccine Product Choices for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PIE Post-Introduction Evaluation
Q1 First Quarter
Q2 Second Quarter
RR2 Second Dose of Measles–Rubella Vaccine
SAGE Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization
SOMAPED Société Mauritanienne de Pédiatrie/Mauritanian Pediatric Society
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
WHO World Health Organization
WHO AFRO World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
WP Whole-cell Pertussis