In Nigeria, although full and timely completion of all childhood
immunisations are one of the important goals of the Nigerian
immunisation programme, trends in the
immunisation coverage has consistently remained low with wide disparities between and within regions especially in rural areas.
Most of the nurses felt that they had adequate training for administering
immunisation. However they scored lower on the 1-5 scale when asked if they were well-prepared for educating parents about
immunisations.
Without
immunisation being accepted as a high priority, concerns were expressed that general practices would not get enough dedicated staff and time to deliver
immunisations effectively.
Immunisation status was checked at each follow-up visit, and FWs assessed whether all
immunisations that should have been given by the relevant age had indeed been given.
The number of four year olds who are up to date with their
immunisations has fallen MYUNG JUNG KIM
Overall, 77.0% of children had complete
immunisations according to the RTHB, 16.2% had complete
immunisations according to the caregiver's report, and the remaining 6.9% had incomplete
immunisation status by RTHB or caregiver report or uncertain
immunisation status by caregiver report.
Three of the evaluations found were from the USA, which has a different healthcare system to the UK; however, provision of
immunisations for the 0-18 age groups in these study areas was funded by federal and national public health departments, ensuring
immunisation was free.
It also found a staggering per cent of people surveyed online do not know how many
immunisations children should have in their first year.
SOME children in Flintshire are missing out on protection from infectious diseases that could be provided by
immunisation according to officials.
A New Zealand study, conducted in 2013, aimed to evaluate pain management practices during childhood
immunisations in this country and to compare the results with Australian research conducted in 2012.
Pennsylvania State University researchers randomised 100 infants scheduled to receive routine
immunisations into two or four month-old study groups, further randomly assigned to receive 24% oral sucrose and pacifier or sterile water control solution.
Children will get more protection from pneumococcal disease with the launch earlier this month of the new childhood
Immunisation Schedule.
Government-commissioned research into why parents and caregivers don't complete preschool
immunisations shows that in most cases they are not opposed to
immunisation but circumstances can get in the way.
