Immunization coverage and social differentiation in urban Senegal.

Factors limiting immunization coverage in urban Dili, Timor-Leste

BACKGROUND Timor-Leste's immunization coverage is among the poorest in Asia. The 2009/2010 Demographic and Health Survey found that complete vaccination coverage in urban areas, at 47.7%, was lower than in rural areas, at 54.1%. The city of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, had even lower coverage (43.4%) than the national urban average. OBJECTIVE To better understand the service- and user-re...

Immunization coverage of infants--rural-urban difference in Kerala.

A study on the Immunization Coverage relating to the six vaccine preventable diseases was carried out in an urban, semi urban and rural area in Kerala and the results from the three areas were compared and discussed. The percentage of fully immunized children was similar in all the three areas and it was quite high. Coverage of measles vaccine was high in the Health Unit, Pangappara where healt...

Evaluation of Primary immunization coverage in an urban area

Infectious diseases are major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. One of the most cost effective and easy methods for the child survival is immunization. Objective of present study was to find out the various reasons for partial or non immunization of child and to assess the factors associated with immunization. The present cross sectional study was carried out in urban slums of Barei...

Immunization coverage in Bihar.

Immunization Coverage in WHO Regions: A Review Article

  In 1974, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to ensure that all children have access to routinely recommended vaccines. Since then, global coverage with the four core vaccines (Bacille calmette guérin vaccine [for protection against tuberculosis], Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine [DTP], Polio vaccine, and Measles vaccine) has increase...