Cluster sampling for immunization coverage

Cluster sampling for immunization coverage.

The WHO/EPI cluster sampling method for immunization coverage surveys is part of the course for management training in EPI programmes. The application of this method, based on a framework of villages, is impractical in dispersed populations common in many countries in Africa. To make the method work under those circumstances leads to unacceptable bias, which tends to overestimate the real cover...

cluster sampling for determination of immunization coverage: a limitation

evidence provided from studies in iran points to a possible bias in application of the standard epi cluster sampling procedure, when carried out in populations with highly variant birth rates, tends to over-represent the low birth rate, i.e. higher socio-economic, strata, and if the entity under study shows significant socio-economic gradient, then the estimates arrived at by this method might ...

Immunization coverage in Bihar.

Enhanced Immunization Coverage through Interventions for Childhood Cluster Diseases in Developing Countries.

BACKGROUND Globally immunisation has to be considered as a most effective and efficient public health intervention to reduce morbidity and mortality among children. Most of the children from developing countries are still not fully immunized due to multiple factors including lack of interventions, awareness, and financial constraints and due to limited resource. Conversely, this review has iden...

Program: Expanding immunization coverage for children

The Problem: Diseases that cause death and disability, such as yellow fever, measles, diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Further information on these diseases can be found here. The Program: Expanding immunization coverage for basic vaccines to reach more children in the developing world. Track record:. There's strong evidence that (a) the set of vaccines reviewed below provide protective immun...