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Why children were missing out on routine vaccines, and how listening helped to close the gap
As India pushes towards universal immunisation, insights from caregivers and health workers in East Champaran, Bihar, reveal why a small but highly vulnerable group of zero-dose children are still being missed.
Suggested citation: Ram Ratan, Why Children Were Missing out on Routine Vaccines, and How Listening Helped to Close the Gap,VaccinesWork, 2026, www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/why-children-were-missing-out-routine-vaccines-and-how-listening-helped-close-gap
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2026
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| Title | Author | Year | Type | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting beyond awareness: ‘learning by doing’ to reach zero-dose children in India | Ajay Gupta, Sharda Prasad Veenayak, Amrin Fatma, Ayushi Agrawal, JSI India, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2026 | Report | English |
| Reaching Zero-Dose Children in India: Four Family Archetypes | Manoj Kumar Shukul, Ajay Gupta, Ram Ratan, Sabin Vaccine Institute | 2026 | Report | English |
| Who Are the Zero-Dose? Identifying Distinct Household Archetypes in High-Burden Indian Regions | Ajay Gupta, Manoj Kumar Shukla, Ram Ratan, Mohit Chaurasiya, Divya Monga, Vidhi Sharma, Mandar Kannure, Disha Aggarwal, Bhupendra Tripathi, Syed Belal Hassan, Vama Shah, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, Suresh Kumar Dalpath | 2026 | Journal article | English |
| Why children were missing out on routine vaccines, and how listening helped to close the gap | Ram Ratan, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | 2026 | Report | English |
| Zero Dose Children: Exploring the context & drivers of missed vaccination of children in Uttar Pradesh using a gender lens | Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit (UP TSU) | 2025 | Report | English |
