The Belgian Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and hepatitis B vaccination

Rural Households’ Perception of the Expanded Programme on Children Immunization (Epi) in the Southwest of Nigeria

The study was carried out in the South West of Nigeria. Three states out of six were selected namely; Ekiti, Ondo and Osun States. Three Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected from each State while two communities were sampled from each LGA. In all, 18 communities were used for the study. From each community, ten households were randomly interviewed giving a total of 180 household...

Hepatitis B Prevention and Immunization

هپاتیت به معنی التهاب کبد است. هپاتیت B هپاتیت سرمی هم نامیده می شود، ویروس آن از خون، مایعات سروزی بدن، بزاق و مایع منی یافت شده و باعث می گردد که سلولهای کبدی به دنبال واکنش التهابی عملکرد خود را از دست دهند که این حالت ممکن است منجر به انسداد مجاری صفراوی و یا نارسایی کبد شود. 

Effectiveness of the Expanded Programme on Immunization.

The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) aims at the reduction of morbidity and mortality from vaccinepreventable diseases through the provision of immunization to women and children. Specifically, EPI has set as its target the development of services which, by 1990, can provide three doses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (OPT) vaccine, three doses of polio vaccine, and one dose each of v...

Surveillance for the Expanded Programme on Immunization.

Surveillance is the foundation of public health practice. This review examines the experience of surveillance in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). Surveillance systems include routine reporting, sentinel surveillance, and community-based reporting. Data from ongoing surveillance should be linked with those from supervision, health facility assessments, population surveys, and outbre...

The expanded programme in immunization against measles and poliomyelitis, Iran's Experience.