Increasing vaccine coverage through new delivery systems: a Sudan approach.

Public education, community mobilization, and health education raise the awareness of mothers and families and provide them with the network to see that their children are immunized. In Sudan a birth registration and follow-up system was developed to ensure the full immunization of all newborn children. Three different systems are under investigation in health centers in the Khartoum region to increase the number of children one year of age who are fully immunized. A simple continuous system for health education and the availability of health facilities appear to be important elements in increasing vaccination coverage.