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Assessment of Routine Immunization Coverage in Nyala Locality, Reasons behind Incomplete Immunization in South Darfur State, Sudan
1Ismail Tibin Adam Ismail, 2Elsadeg Mahgoob El-Tayeb, 3Mohammed Diaaeldin F.A. Omer, 4Yassir Mohammed Eltahir, 5El-Tayeb Ahmed El-Sayed and 6Kebede Deribe
1PHC Department, Ministry of Health, North Darfur State, Elfasher, Sudan
2Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
3UNICEF, South Darfur and Nyala, Sudan
4Department of Preventive Medicine and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nyala University, Nyala, Sudan
5Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan
6Merlin Sudan Program, South Darfur, Nyala, Sudan
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2014 1:1-8
Received: September 28, 2013 | Accepted: October 14, 2013 | Published: February 25, 2014
Abstract
Little is known about the coverage of routine immunization service in South Darfur state, Sudan. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the vaccination rate and barriers for vaccination. A cross-sectional community-based study was undertaken in Nyala locality, south Darfur, Sudan, including urban, rural and Internal Displaced Peoples (IDPs) population in proportional representation. Survey data were collected by a questionnaire which was applied face to face to parents of 213 children 12-23 months. The collected data was then analyzed with SPSS software package. Results showed that vaccination coverage as revealed by showed vaccination card alone was 63.4% while it was increased to 82.2% when both history and cards were used. Some (5.6%) of children were completely non-vaccinated. The factors contributing to the low vaccination coverage were found to be knowledge problems of mothers (51%), access problems (15%) and attitude problems (34%). Children whose mother attended antenatal care and those from urban areas were more likely to complete their immunization schedule. In conclusion, the vaccination coverage in the studied area was low compared to the national coverage. Efforts to increase vaccination converge and completion of the scheduled plan should focus on addressing concerns of caregivers particularly side effects and strengthening the Expanded Programmer on Immunization services in rural areas.
Keywords:
Expanded programme on immunization, routine immunization, vaccination coverage,
Competing interests
The authors have no competing interests.
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