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. 2021 Aug 27;16(8):e0252798. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252798

Table 4. Prevalence of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV)1 among surveyed children 0–23 months, by reason for visit, Ondo State, Nigeria, 2019.

On arrival for health facility visit During health facility visit After health facility visit
Children with documented vaccination dates Children with 1+ eligible doses due Children vaccinated with all eligible doses during visit2 Children with 1+ MOV2
N n % n % n %
Vaccination visit 389 371 344 92.7 27 7.3
Non-vaccination visit 480 163 34.0 15 9.2 148 90.8
Medical consultation 93 31 33.3 1 3.2 30 96.8
Healthy child visit or check-up 228 67 29.4 9 13.4 58 86.6
Child is accompanying adult 147 59 40.1 3 5.1 56 94.9
Hospitalization 4 4 100.0 2 50.0 2 50.0
Other 8 2 25.0 0 0.0 2 100
Total 869 534 61.5 359 67.2 175 32.8

1 Missed opportunity for vaccination (MOV): contact with health services by a child (or adult) who is eligible for vaccination (unvaccinated, partially vaccinated/not up-to-date, and free of contraindications to vaccination), which does not result in the individual receiving all the vaccine doses for which he or she is eligible.

2 Among the subset of children with documented vaccination dates and eligible for one or more vaccine doses (n = 534).