Vaccination Coverage Under the Expanded Program on Immunization in South West Cameroon

The expanded program on immunization service delivery in the Dschang health district, west region of Cameroon: a cross sectional survey

BACKGROUND Vaccination is the most effective intervention strategy, and the provision of vaccination at fixed posts and outreach posts is a backbone of a sustainable vaccination system in developing countries. Access to immunization services is still limited in Cameroon. Several health districts in the west region have recorded new epidemic outbreaks, including the occurrence of a wild polio vi...

Expanded Program on Immunization In

Evaluation of immunization coverage within the Expanded Program on Immunization in Kita Circle, Mali: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND In 1986, the Government of Mali launched its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) with the goal of vaccinating, within five years, 80% of all children under the age of five against six target diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, and measles. The Demographic and Health Survey carried out in 2001 revealed that, in Kita Circle, in the Kayes region, on...

Assessment of EPI (expanded program of immunization) vaccine coverage in a peri-urban area.

OBJECTIVE To determine the age-appropriate EPI coverage of under one year old children and Tetanus Toxoid (TT) coverage of their mothers (15-49 years) in peri-urban Karachi and to determine the factors associated with low coverage. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out by utilizing WHO thirty-cluster sampling technique, seven households with infants, were randomly selected per clust...

بررسی میزان پوشش واکسیناسیون کودکان 14- 12 ماهه در مناطق تحت پوشش دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی درمانی ایران - خرداد 1376

Today, the iive s of more than 3000000 children are protected by immun ization services in the from of EPI (expanded program of immunization). This program helps ideal growth and development for mlliotis of children, but in spite of current EPI , preventable diseases are still able to take the lives innocent children. Cause specific mortality rates of children, due to preventable diseases, show...