Background: Immunization coverage rates in Nigeria have remained very poor, in spite of
numerous programs and strategies, specifically designed to improve coverage. This study …

Objective: To establish the factors that determine the levels of immunisation coverage
among children under five years in Mathare Valley. Design: A cross-sectional study …

Background: Immunization is an effective public health intervention for reduction of
childhood mortality. The expected target coverage is 90%, however, Nigeria currently has …

Methods A descriptive cross sectional study, using a multistage sampling technique to select
600 respondent women with an index child between 0-12 months. Results Mean age of rural …

Objectives: The study determined the levels of geographic differences in the utilization of
routine immunization between households in an urban and a rural community. It also …

Introduction: Knowledge of inter-district variations in immunisation coverage and the
reasons for their existence is of utmost importance in a region in which variations in the …

Recent survey conducted in Nigeria in 2013 reported that complete immunization coverage
for Nigerian children is 25%. This is quite low despite the huge resources being committed …

The greatest challenge to child health in sub Saharan Africa is poor immunization service for
major child illnesses. The World Health Organisation's (WHO) review of the health systems …

Background: Butere-Mumias district is one of the districts which performs poorly on
immunisation coverage, as observed from the Kenya Expanded Programme of Immunisation …

Immunisation has been an important strategy for disease prevention globally. Despite
proven successes in other settings, child immunisation has continued to be problematic in …