background: vaccination status is more often evaluated by up-to-date vaccination coverage rather than timeliness of immunization. this study was conducted to evaluate delayed vaccination during infancy period and to determine the predictors effecting on vaccination delay. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from june to september 2011 in hamadan province, the west of iran, recruit...

Consultations by patients requesting influenza vaccinations were monitored in nine group practices before and after a radio broadcast encouraging patients at risk to seek vaccination. In a population of over 88,000 patients 88 consulted about influenza vaccination prior to the broadcast and 52 after. Not one consulted for vaccination as a result of the broadcast. The implications of this are di...

the only available vaccine against tuberculosis is bcg which has been found to protect children against disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. bcg is one of the safest vaccines being used, and osteitis is a rare complication of it. during a period of eight years, we had eleven cases of osteitis occuring in infants following bcg vaccination. eight cases were female. defect in immu...

in the 20th century, an unprecedented level of international cooperation led to the eradication of smallpox, infamously referred to as the most terrible ministers of death. under the guardianship of the world health organisation, mass vaccination campaigns and an efficient surveillance-detection system contributed to the eradication of smallpox from bahrain, where it was once considered endemic...

immunization is today one of the safest, most cost-effective, and powerful means of preventing deaths and improving lives. over the years, all countries of the world have incorporated an increasingly broad immunization agenda in their public health interventions. immunization programmes are now routinely reaching over 80 percent of children under one year of age. iran and turkey with a populati...

tm purpose of this study is 10 determine the effect of mothers' knowledge on the treatment quality of their   children immunization in health centers of the ministry of health , and medical education in tehran in 1994 .   the samples were 150 mothers who went to health centers to immunize their children .   the subjects were selected randomly and data - gathering was accomplished through a...

extract surprisingly, vaccination has well controlled diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis and measles in fifty last years. also tetanus and tuberculosis in pediatric has gone, but vaccination as one of the most effective methods in prevention is not accessible to all the children in the world. based on the mahler theories, about 80 million children were born in under development count...

hepatitis b is the most common cause of acute and chronic viral hepatitis in iran. it is the etiology of 70% of end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in the country. before the universal neonatal vaccination in iran (1992), the contact rate with hbv was about 30% and the hbs ag+ rate was about 3%. in 2009 the contact rate has declined to 18% and hbsag+ rate decreased to 2%. the e...