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

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 …

Results: Access to immunisation services was excellent at 95.6%. However, utilisation of
immunisation services was found to be suboptimal as indicated by the low fully immunised …

Introduction: The institutionalization of strong immunization services over recent years has
ensured that today more than 70% of the worlds' targeted population is reached. In Kenya …

Immunization is a key approach that can be successfully employed to reduce deaths and
illnesses among children. Immunization presently averts an estimated 3 million deaths …

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

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 …

Background: Immunization contributes significantly to the achievement of millennium
development goal number 4 and is one of the eight elements of primary health care …