Open AccessEvaluation of the universal immunization program and challenges in coverage of migrant children in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Author(s) -
Latika Nath,
Prabhdeep Kaur,
Saurabh Tripathi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.164389
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , measles , tetanus , odds ratio , asha , diphtheria , confidence interval , immunization , demography , environmental health , logistic regression , pediatrics , immunology , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , antigen , sociology
Studies show that immunization among migrant children is poor. India has a dropout rate of 17.7% between Bacillus Calmette-Guιrin (BCG) and measles (District Level Household Survey (DLHS)-3). Haridwar district had the highest dropout rate of 27.4% from BCG to diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) 3 (DLHS-3) in Uttarakhand. We evaluated the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) among migrants in Haridwar in two blocks.