PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Abebe, Ayele Mamo
AU  - Kassaw, Mesfin Wudu
AU  - Birara, Alemu
TI  - Coverage, Opportunity and Challenges of expanded Program on Immunization among 12-23 Months old Children in Woldia Town, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2018: Mixed cross sectional study
AID  - 10.1101/479311
DP  - 2018 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 479311
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/11/26/479311.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/11/26/479311.full
AB  - Objective The purpose of this is to assess coverage, opportunity and challenges of EPI among children age 12-23 month in Woldia town, Amhara region, Ethiopia.Result A total of 389 mothers/caretakers were interviewed. Based on vaccination card and mothers/caretakers’ recall, 385 (99%) of the children took at least a single dose of vaccine. About 343 (87.7%) children were fully immunized. Dropout rate was 9% for BCG to measles. Qualitative study revealed that workload, shortage of vaccine and non-compliance of mother/care taker for next schedule date was the major challenge faced by health professionals. In this study, vaccination coverage was low compared to the Millennium Development Goals target. Thus the town health office and concerned stakeholders need to work more to improve performance of the expanded program on immunization in this area.BCGBacillus Calmette-GurinDHSDemographic health surveyDPTDiphtheria, Pertussis, TetanusECEthiopian calendarEDHSEthiopian Demographic and Health surveyEPIExpanded Program on ImmunizationGVAPGlobal vaccine action planHEBHepatitis BMCVMeasles containing VaccineMDGMillennium development goalMOHMinistry of healthOPVOral Polio VaccinePCVPneumococcal Conjugate VaccineSNNPRSouthern nation nationality people regionSPSSStatically package for social scienceUNICEFUnited Nations International Children’s Emergency FundVPDVaccine preventable disease and WHO: World Health Organization