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SMS Reminders to Improve the on Time Vaccination Rates Among Children in Pakistan

NCT01859546 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2013-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Vaccines are one of the best public health tools available to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) # 4 of decreasing child mortality. A major reason for poor childhood vaccine coverage is the lack of awareness among parents regarding the need for immunization in children, and the importance of completing the entire series of vaccines. This result in significant drop-out between vaccines delivered at birth and later in the infancy period. New innovative methods involving technologies are needed to be employed to increase the vaccine coverage. This study is being conducted in Karachi, Pakistan and main study objective is

• To assess the effectiveness of SMS reminders on cell phones in improving the compliance of subsequent visits for routine immunization for children.

Conditions

  • Vaccination Failure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Short message service

Short message service reminders on cell phones in improving the compliance of subsequent visits for routine immunization for children

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ibrahim M Abdel Rahim, MBBS · World Health Organization

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Week
Max Age
18 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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