Can vaccination coverage be improved by reducing missed opportunities for vaccination? Findings from assessments in Chad and Malawi using the new WHO methodology

• Ikechukwu Udo Ogbuanu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ogbuanui@who.int, dr_iyke@yahoo.com

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Anyie J. Li,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation ASPPH/CDC Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellowship and PHI/CDC Global Health Fellowship, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-6201

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• Blanche-philomene Melanga Anya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, African Regional Office, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• Mbaihol Tamadji,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Le Ministère de la Santé Publique de la République du Tchad, N’Djamena, Chad

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• Geoffrey Chirwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Kwame W. Chiwaya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Country Office, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Mohamed El-Hafiz Djalal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Country Office, N’Djamena, Chad

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• Dah Cheikh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, Central Africa Inter-Country Support Team (IST), Libreville, Gabon

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• Zorodzai Machekanyanga,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, East and Southern Africa Inter-Country Support Team (IST), Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Joseph Okeibunor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization, African Regional Office, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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• Colin Sanderson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard Mihigo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation World Health Organization, African Regional Office, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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