Table 1.
Characteristics of children who visited MSF-supported health facilities and the presence of missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV), 2011–2015
| Total children n=2706 n (%) |
Eligible for vaccination* n=1688 n (%)† |
MOV | P value | ||
| No n (%)‡ |
Yes n (%)‡ |
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| Age groups (months) | |||||
| <12 | 1805 (66.7) | 1203 (66.5) | 540 (44.9) | 663 (55.1) | <0.001§ |
| 12–23 | 597 (22.1) | 314 (52.6) | 49 (15.6) | 265 (84.4) | |
| 24–59 | 304 (11.2) | 171 (56.3) | 20 (11.7) | 151 (88.3) | |
| Facility type | |||||
| Hospital | 493 (18.2) | 336 (68.2) | 67 (19.9) | 269 (80.1) | <0.001§ |
| PHCC | 2213 (81.8) | 1352 (61.1) | 542 (40.1) | 810 (59.9) | |
| Reason of the visit | |||||
| Curative | 831 (30.7) | 513 (61.7) | 40 (7.8) | 473 (92.2) | <0.001¶ |
| Other | 706 (26.1) | 311 (44.1) | 281 (90.3) | 30 (9.7) | |
| Vaccination | 436 (16.1) | 353 (81.0) | 234 (64.3) | 119 (33.7) | |
| Nutrition | 430 (15.9) | 275 (64.0) | 23 (8.4) | 252 (91.6) | |
| Mother–child health visit | 265 (9.8) | 214 (80.8) | 29 (13.5) | 185 (86.5) | |
| Accompanying | 38 (1.4) | 22 (57.9) | 2 (9.1) | 20 (90.9) | |
*Without contraindication for vaccination.
†Row percentage over the total children.
‡Row percentage over the eligible children without contraindication for vaccination.
§Χ2 test.
¶Fisher’s exact test.
MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières; PHCC, primary healthcare centre.