Page 1/22 National trends of childhood vaccination coverage in Bangladesh: Understanding gaps from 2011, 2014 and 2017-18 Demographic and Health Surveys data Satyajit Kundu (  satyajitnfs@gmail.com ) Department of Biochemistry and Food Analysis, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali - 8602, Bangladesh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-1479 Subarna Kundu Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh Bright Opoku Ahinkorah School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Abdul-Aziz Seidu College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Services, James Cook University, Australia Joshua Okyere Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. Susmita Ghosh Department of Food Technology and Nutrition Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh Ahmed Hossain Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Najim Z. Alshahrani Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia Md. Hasan Al Banna Department of Food Microbiology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali- 8602, Bangladesh Research Article Keywords: Childhood vaccination, Immunization, Demographic and Health Survey data, Prevalence, Bangladesh DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-722674/v1