*MD, Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
**MD, Department of Community Medicine, Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Government Medical College, Nalhar, Mewat
***MBBS, Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
****MBBS, Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak
Online published on 11 April, 2014.
Objective of this study was to evaluate the coverage of primary immunization, constraints of non/partial immunization and advocate methods to solve them.
The study was conducted in 30 clusters (30 colonies) of urban area of Rohtak having population of 2,86,807 (as on 31st march 2011) over a period of one year beginning from July 2011. Seven children aged 12–23 months and mothers having infants up to 11 months of age were selected from each of the selected cluster. An interview based study and a pre-designed, semi-structured, pretested questionnaire regarding history of vaccination and different factors affecting the vaccination was used.
In our study population, 56.3% were males and 43.7% females. Majority of children (83.1%) were fully immunized, whereas, only 1(0.5%) child was not immunized at all. DPT1/OPV1 had the highest coverage (96.2%), whereas, that for DPT2/OPV2, BCG and DPT3/OPV3 were 94.4%, 93.9% and 93% respectively. The lowest coverage (85.4%) was observed for measles immunization. Immunization card was not available with more than half (54.9%) of the study subjects, whereas, it was present with 45.1% of them.
To reach the goal of 100% coverage of immunization in India, the policy managers should implement few stringent steps.
Immunisation, vaccine coverage, constraints
