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The uptake of the second pentavalent dose improved from 37% to 69% (p&lt;0.001) and for the third pentavalent dose from 36% to 62% (p&lt;0.001), while the drop-out rate reduced from 57% to 40% (p&lt;0.001). While in Rumbek East county, the uptake of the first dose of the pentavalent vaccine improved from 55% to 77% (p&lt;0.001) after immunisation service integration into the under 5-year-old paediatric outpatient departments. The uptake of the second dose improved from 36% to 62% (p&lt;0.001) and for the third dose from 44% to 63% (p&lt;0.001), while the drop-out rate reduced from 40% to 28% (p&lt;0.001). Children were 23% more likely (RR 1.23, 95%\u2009CI 1.12 to 1.36, p&lt;0.001) to be immunised with the first dose of the pentavalent vaccine on immunisation service integration into the nutrition programmes of primary healthcare centres of Rumbek Centre county in comparison to integration into under 5-year-old outpatient departments of Rumbek East county.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Integration of immunisation service delivery to nutrition sites and children\u2019s outpatient departments improved the immunisation coverage and decreased drop-out rates in the Rumbek East and Rumbek Centre counties of South Sudan. This evidence of positive impact should encourage the stakeholders of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation to focus on the sustainability and scale-up of this intervention to other counties in South Sudan, as logistically as possible.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/fmch-2021-001034","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,25]],"date-time":"2021-08-25T13:00:11Z","timestamp":1629896411000},"page":"e001034","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Impact evaluation of immunisation service integration to nutrition programmes and paediatric outpatient departments of primary healthcare centres in Rumbek East and Rumbek Centre counties of South Sudan"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0920-0490","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Israel Oluwaseyidayo","family":"Idris","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4495-627X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Justin Geno","family":"Obwoya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janet","family":"Tapkigen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Serifu Ayobami","family":"Lamidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victor A","family":"Ochagu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0563-1576","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaja","family":"Abbas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021082510000844000_9.3.e001034.1","unstructured":"Jamison DT , Feachem RG , Makgoba MW . 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