Vaccine cold chain management practice and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fig. 1 Flowchart illustrating selection of studies for systematic review and meta-analysis on vaccine cold chain management practice and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

Table 1 Characteristics of included studies for systematic review and meta-analysis on vaccine cold chain management practice and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

Fig. 2 Pooled level of good vaccine cold chain management practice among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

Fig. 3 Funnel plot showing the symmetric distribution of articles on vaccine cold chain management practice and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

Fig. 4 Forest plot illustrating sub-group analysis of vaccine cold chain management practice among health professionals by region in Ethiopia, 2023

Fig. 5 Sensitivity analysis of studies included for systematic review and Meta-analysis on vaccine cold chain management practice and associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

Table 2 Factors associated with vaccine cold chain management practice among health professionals in Ethiopia, 2023

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The result of this systematic review and meta-analysis was extracted from the data gathered and analyzed based on the stated methods and materials. All the relevant data are within the paper.