Volume : 6, Issue : 9, September - 2017

IMMUNIZATION DROP OUT RATES OF DIFFERENT VACCINES IN URBAN AREA OF JHANSI CITY

Vimal Arya, Mahendra Chouksey

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Background-</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: rgb(16, 16, 16);">Immunization against diseases is one of the most important public health interventions with cost effective means to preventing childhood morbidity, mortality and disability. The objective was to determine</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> the coverage evaluation different vaccines and</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">the dropout rates of immunization in an urban area of Jhansi city.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methods-</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> &nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#101010;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-GB">A cross-sectional cluster survey was conducted among 245 children for a period of 6 months from September 2016 to March 2017. Data was collected using semi- structured questionnaire through face-to-face interviews. The mothers/caregivers were interviewed, extracted information from the child immunization. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Data was collected &amp; appropriate statistical tests were applied for analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;17.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Results-</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> &nbsp;62% were boys and 38% were girls whose mother gave details about there immunisation. 69% of children were fully immunised</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#101010;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> at one year of age and above while 24% were partially immunized. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">The drop-out rate of BCG to Measles was 26% while that for DPT1 to DPT3 was 20% &amp; that for DPT 1 to Measles was 21.6%.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:&#10;15.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Conclusion-</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> Drop out rate is very high as compared to WHO drop out rate. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:#101010;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Health education and orientation of service providers is urgently needed.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>