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There are children not receiving a single dose of any vaccine: from ‘data to
policy’ in immunisation and health systems. Data quality and socio-economic
determinants of unvaccination in low- and middle-income countries
Bosch-Capblanch, X.
Publication date
2012
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Bosch-Capblanch, X. (2012). There are children not receiving a single dose of any vaccine:
from ‘data to policy’ in immunisation and health systems. Data quality and socio-economic
determinants of unvaccination in low- and middle-income countries. Rozenberg Publishers.
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Curriculum Vitae
Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch (XBC) is a Medical Doctor, with an official speciality degree in Public
Health and MSc in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Spain). He is Group Leader at the Systems
Support Unit, at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel).
XBC started his career working as a clinician in Spain from where he moved to live and work in
rural settings of Sub‐Saharan Africa for 10 years. Over the years, he progressively shifted from
clinical work to health care management, public health, project management and health systems
research, including four years coordination of a rural health research centre in Mozambique.
XBC has undertaken formal lecturing and on‐the‐job training of government officials and national
consultants being involved in the design and/or implementation of public health programmes in
Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria as well as in Liverpool and Basel.
His areas of expertise include health information and evidence around health systems
interventions. In the former, he has been involved in numerous initiatives to assess the quality of
routine administrative and surveys data, has led several surveys in different countries and has
lectured on data and information for decision making. A significant part of this work is directly
related health systems evidence and vaccination coverage data. He has been involved in several
Cochrane systematic reviews and has led initiatives to bridge the gap between research evidence
and management and policy making.
XBC is Honorary Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, member of the
Immunisation Practices Advisory Committee (WHO), member of the Advisory Group of the
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (WHO) and Associate Editor of the journal BMC
Health Services Research.
