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Research Paper

Mind the Gap: What explains the education-related inequality in missed opportunities for vaccination in sub-Saharan Africa? Compositional and structural characteristics

Evanson Z. SambalaCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olalekan A. UthmanCentre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;Warwick-Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery (WCAHRD), Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United KingdomORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8567-3081View further author information
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Abdu A. AdamuCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3317-1319View further author information
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Duduzile NdwandweCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7129-3865View further author information
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Alison B. WiyehCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South AfricaView further author information
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Tawa OlukadeCenter for Evidence Based Global Health, Department of Research and Development, Minna, NigeriaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2103-5355View further author information
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Ghose BishwajitSchool of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4461-3821View further author information
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Sanni YayaSchool of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-6043View further author information
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Jean-Marie Okwo-BeleIndependent Consultant, Geneva, SwitzerlandView further author information
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Charles S. WiysongeCochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-4779View further author information
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Pages 2365-2372 | Received 06 Feb 2018, Accepted 16 Mar 2018, Published online: 11 May 2018

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