In rural Tanzania, babies born at home are more likely to be late or miss their vaccines than babies born in hospitals or clinics.

Pro

Against

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Community contributions welcome

Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

Cohort Study

Human

2019 Feb 26

In rural Tanzania, babies born at home were 17% more likely to miss their full set of vaccines than babies born in clinics, and this study proves it with solid data.

Contradicting (0)

Community contributions welcome

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania

Score: 66

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3828-3

Similar Assertions

In both cities and rural areas of Tanzania, teenage moms are much more likely to have babies who miss or are late on their vaccines than moms in their mid-20s.

91%

In both cities and rural areas of Tanzania, babies from the poorest families are more likely to be late or miss their vaccines than babies from the richest families.

91%

In rural Tanzania, babies who are the fifth or later child in their family are more likely to be late on their vaccines than the first child.

91%

In rural Tanzania, moms with no school are much more likely to have babies who miss vaccines — but in cities, whether a mom went to school doesn’t seem to affect vaccine timing.

90%

In rural Tanzania, babies born small are actually less likely to miss their vaccines than babies born at a normal weight — the opposite of what’s seen in most other poor countries.

90%