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Incomplete vaccination among young children in Ethiopia

1 1Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Bale, Ethiopia; 2Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Bale, Ethiopia; 3Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Bale, Ethiopia Background: Incomplete vaccination can put children at greater risk of acquiring vaccine-preventable diseases. In Ethiopia, vaccination coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases is still a significant and persistent public health challenge. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of incomplete childhood vaccination among children aged 12– 23 months in Gindhir District, Southeast Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based unmatched case–control design was employed among children aged 12– 23 months from 1 to 28 February 2020. A total of 254 cases and 508 controls were included using the stratified random sampling technique. Cases included children aged 12– 23 months who missed at least one dose of the routine vaccination, and controls were the children with complete vaccination with all required doses. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to identify the independent factors for children’s incomplete vaccination status.