SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala

SMS Mobile Technology to Improve Early Childhood Vaccine Coverage in Guatemala

This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time.

This project plans to learn more about whether sending text messages to parents on their mobile phones to remind them when their child is due for his or her next vaccination will improve children getting vaccinated on time. The vaccines that will be given are the same routine vaccinations registered in Guatemala and used by the Ministry of Health regardless of enrollment in the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• First dose of primary vaccination series
• Parents owning a mobile phone and able to decipher SMS messages
• Consent form signed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Moving away from the study site in the next 12 months
• Ineligible for primary vaccination series by the MOH