Hussain A, Kolachi B, Yasmin Memon, Muhammad A Kazi, Shankar L Rathi.
Quality assessment and impact of parent literacy on national immunization days campaign in district Jamshoro Sindh - Pakistan.
Biomedica Jan ;25(1):24-7.

This study was designed to assess quality of National Immunization Days (NIDs) for Oral Polio Vaccination campaign by specific indicators like age, sex day wise attendance of children, their parents literacy level and distance from house to reach the camp. The arrangements for social mobilization and publicity material were also inspected. The study is descriptive and cross sectional carried on 187 under five children who were brought at fixed oral polio vaccination centre opened in EPI centre in OPD department of Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro branch. Study was conducted from 7th August to 11th August 2007 during NIDs round of five days. Data was analyzed on SPSS version 14. Children who were brought to OPV Centre were included in study. Children who were given drops by mobile teams at homes were excluded. The five day NIDS campaign data showed that 187 children of under five years were registered and vaccinated with oral polio drops, the mean number of children per day was 37.4 with Standard Deviation±30.4 and Median was 33 children. 51.8% children were male and 49.2% were female. 9.1% in the age of 1 to 29 days and 25.1% in age between one month to 11 months. Majority of parents who brought children were illiterate and came from distance more than 5km. Quality of physical arrangements, like publicity material, social mobilization, site and furniture as well cold chain and vaccine supply was satisfactory. Study concluded that it was high quality NIDs campaign in Jamshoro District of Sindh and pointed that in 2008 Pakistan may be polio free country.

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