Evaluating a Caregiver SMS Reminder Intervention to Reduce Immunization Drop-out in Arua, Uganda

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,962

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 1, 2016

Primary Completion Date

December 4, 2017

Study Completion Date

December 4, 2017

Conditions
DiphtheriaTetanusPertussisPolioMeaslesHepatitis BHaemophilus Influenzae Type b Infection
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

SMS text reminders

SMS reminders (in English and the local language) for the 2nd dose of Pentavalent vaccine were sent 28, 30 and 32 days after the 1st dose. SMS reminders for the 3rd dose of Pentavalent vaccine were sent 61, 66, and 68 days after the 1st dose. SMS reminders for the measles-containing vaccine were sent 274, 279, and 281 days after the child's date of birth.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

African Field Epidemiology Network

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Ministry of Health, Uganda

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

Health Information Systems Programme-Uganda

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

lead

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

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