• Ugochukwu Chinyem Madubueze, Alfred Friday Igwe Una, Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex, Victor Maduka Agha, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Irene Ifeyinwa Eze, Rowland Utulu, Kingsley Chijioke Okeke, Urudinachi Nnenne Agbo, Lilian Ndidiamaka Nwobashi, Chihurumnanya Alo, and Benedict Ndubueze Azuogu.
• Department of Community Medicine. Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (AE-FUTHA), Ebonyi State. Nigeria.
• Afr Health Sci. 2022 Dec 1; 22 (4): 306317306-317.

IntroductionKnowledge and uptake of maternal vaccination has been reported to be low in low- and middle-income countries.ObjectivesTo determine the knowledge, uptake and determinants of uptake of maternal vaccination among women of child-bearing age.MethodsA cross sectional study was done among 607 women of childbearing age selected from rural communities in Ebonyi State using multi-staged sampling technique. A pretested, interviewer administered questionnaire was used. The proportion of maternal vaccination uptake and predictors of uptake was determined at 5% level of significant using multiple logistic regression model.ResultsMost of the respondents (39.9%) were in the 15-24 years age group. Only 1.3% and 41.5% were knowledgeable and had received any form of maternal vaccines respectively. The main reasons adduced for non-receipt of the vaccine was lack of information (65.8%) and not being pregnant (23.5%). Pregnancy was the predictor for uptake of maternal vaccine among the study population.ConclusionsThere was low level of knowledge and uptake of maternal vaccine among rural women and a myth that the vaccine is only given when pregnant. This calls for increase targeted enlightenment of rural women on maternal vaccine in order to improve uptake.© 2022 Madubueze UC et al.

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