Birth weight and Immunization status of 0-6 year’s age children attending Anganwadi centre in the urban area- A cross sectional study

Background: Deaths among children of less than five years are preventable, mostly by vaccination. In India, the coverage still remains low, as 74.7% between 12 to 23 months age fully immunized in urban Telangana & 79.1% India. This study was intended assess immunization status group 12-60 months, and know birth weight. Materials Methods: cross-sectional conducted ICDS centers. 20 were selected randomly subjects. These lottery method. so that 480 covered from 24 centers Deccan Medical College field practice area for a period 1 year. Data collected mothers these children, using structured questionnaire. Results: 52.5% born with normal Immunization showed 90.6% received complete immunization, 7.7% partially immunized, 1.7% not immunized. Conclusions: Government facilities remain main pillars immunization. Coordination Anganwadi is key. Tracking child subsequent doses challenge. Keywords: status, Urban area, Birth weight, Fully