Keywords:
BCG Coverage; Ethiopia; Immunization; vaccine; Bayes theorem; controlled study; health care access; miliary tuberculosis; spatiotemporal analysis; epidemiology
Abstract:
The Bacille-Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccination remains the primary strategy to prevent severe disseminated TB in young children, particularly in high TB-burden countries such as Ethiopia. Accurate knowledge of vaccination coverage in small geographical areas is critically important to developing targeted immunization campaigns. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the spatiotemporal distributions and ecological level determinants of BCG vaccination coverage in Ethiopia.