Testing a Biometric Identification System to Improve Malaria Vaccine Completion

Record of 4 doses of malaria vaccines for the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Record of 4 doses of malaria vaccines for the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available) taken within the appropriate time frame.

Records of doses of routine vaccines (basic antigens) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available). Defined as receipt of all of the following:

One dose of BCG vaccine; Three doses of polio vaccine given as oral polio vaccine (OPV); Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV); Three doses of Pentavalent vaccine (Penta); One dose of measles-rubella vaccine (MR).

Records of doses of routine vaccines (national schedule) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available).

Full vaccination coverage based on the national schedule is defined as the index child having received all the following:

BCG; Three doses of Pentavalent (Penta); Four doses of OPV (including OPV given at birth); One dose of IPV; One dose of yellow fever vaccine; Three doses of pneumococcal vaccine (PCV); Three doses of rotavirus vaccine; Two doses of measles-rubella vaccine (MR); One dose of meningitis A vaccine (MenA).

Records of doses of routine vaccines (basic antigens) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available). Taken within the appropriate time frame.

Records of doses of routine vaccines (national schedule) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available).

Full vaccination coverage based on the national schedule is defined as the index child having received all the following, taken within the appropriate time frame.

Record of 4 doses of malaria vaccines for the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available). Taken outside the appropriate time frame.

Records of doses of routine vaccines (basic antigens) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available). Taken outside the appropriate time frame

Records of doses of routine vaccines (national schedule) for the index child recorded in the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available). Taken outside the appropriate time frame.

Number of recorded malaria vaccines taken (from 0 to 4) by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available).

Number of recorded basic antigens taken (0 to 9) by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available).

Number of recorded vaccinations taken (0 to 19) from the national schedule by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Number of recorded malaria vaccines taken (from 0 to 4) within the appropriate time frame by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available).

Number of recorded basic antigens taken (0 to 9) within the appropriate time frame by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Number of recorded vaccinations taken (0 to 19) from the national schedule within the appropriate time frame by the index child recorded by the individual child's booklet (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Among each of the following, analyzed individually, index child received the vaccine within the appropriate time frame according to the national schedule (as recorded in the individual child's booklet or as self-reported by the mother)

Record of having taken all doses of malaria vaccine as appropriate for child's age as recorded by the children's booklets (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Record of having taken all doses of basic antigens as appropriate for child's age as recorded by the children' s booklets (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Record of having taken all doses of national vaccine schedule as appropriate for child's age as recorded by the children' s booklets (or self-reported by the mother if the booklet is not available)

Among those who received at least a dose of the malaria vaccine, the number of days late the vaccine(s) were relative to what the national schedule considers "on time" for each dose. Late days are equal to zero for those who received the vaccine on time or early.

Among those who received at least one dose of basic antigens, the number of days late the vaccine(s) were relative to what the national schedule considers "on time" for each dose. Late days are equal to zero for those who received the vaccine on time or early.

Among those who received at least one dose of routine vaccines according to the national schedule, the number of days late the vaccine(s) were relative to what the national schedule considers "on time" for each dose. Late days are equal to zero for those who received the vaccine on time or early.

Mother self-reports being sure or very sure about when to bring the child to the clinic for the first vaccination

Discrepancy in the total number of children vaccinated based on paper-based records at the facility vs digital records in DHMIS 2. Measured as the vaccine "verification factor" for BCG, Penta 3 and MR-2 over a three month period, comparing the total number of children vaccinated with each of the three vaccines over this period reported in DHIMS 2 with the paper-based record.