Farooq Ahmad, Munir Akmal Lodhi, Salman Ali.
Assessment of the immunization status of children between 1-3 years of age, coming to opd of military hospital, Rawalpindi.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;64(3):458-62.

Objective: To determine the immunization status of children between 1-3 years of age, reported at children OPD; Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Paediatric outpatients department of Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from January to June 2010. Material and Methods: Vaccination data of 2200 children of 1-3 years of age coming to outpatients department, regarding seven EPI target diseases was collected using a standard proforma. Statistical analysis was done at the end of study using SPSS version 14.0. Results: Out of 2200 children, 1256 (57.1%) were completely immunized, 740 (33.6%) were partially immunized and 204 (9.3%) were unimmunized. Conclusions: This study concludes that immunization indicators have not met the expected benchmarks and achievements are inadequate as compared to the regional and global immunization level.

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