Coverage and factors associated with receiving campaign polio vaccines in an urban population in Guinea-Bissau

Polio eradication campaigns are intended to complement routine immunization. Studies addressing factors associated with campaign coverage are warranted to identify children missed by campaigns. Bandim Health Project runs demographic surveillance with registration of routine immunization and campaign participation data in urban Guinea-Bissau. We assessed coverage and factors associated with receiving campaign polio vaccines in children aged 0–35 months in two polio eradication campaigns conducted in 2017 and 2018 using univariate and multivariate regression models. Campaign coverage reached 84% in 2017 and 88% in 2018. We found lower coverage among children of young and not formally educated mothers in univariate analyses; Children