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The Next Generation Vaccine Card: Innovative Technology to Improve Vaccine Equity in Rural and Urban Settings in East Africa

NCT06470919 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3522

Last updated 2025-12-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The research team of investigators from University of Michigan and the African Population and Health Research Center will implement and evaluate a newly-developed digital vaccine card and accompanying mobile application and electronic immunization registry. This will take place in rural Uganda and urban Kenya Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) and the study team will analyze its feasibility, impacts, cost through process, and economic evaluations. The study team will also assess the data quality and equity of the digital vaccine registry and card system.

Conditions

  • Vaccines

Interventions

OTHER

SMS reminders for upcoming vaccination(s)

All parents/caregivers of children in participating villages will receive access to a digital vaccine card. This will be used for record-keeping application (digital vaccine registry). Selected parents/caregivers of children will receive SMS messages and reminders related to vaccination.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Emily Treleaven, PhD, MPH · University of Michigan

  • Gershim Asiki, MBChB, MSc, PhD · African Population and Health Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
24 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-06
Primary Completion
2025-10-29
Completion
2025-10-29

Countries

  • Kenya
  • Uganda

Study Locations

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