TY - JOUR AU - Nizamani, Mohammad Akbar AU - Radhan, Abdul Hameed AU - Laghari, Ghulam Shabir AU - Hussain, Zahid AU - Qambraani, Zameer Ahmed AU - Hassan, Zair PY - 2022/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - IMMUNIZATION STATUS OF CHILDREN 1-2 YEARS OF AGE AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN, SINDH PAKISTAN JF - Annals of Allied Health Sciences JA - Ann Allied Health Sci. VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://aahs.kmu.edu.pk/index.php/aahs/article/view/139 SP - 45-48 AB - <p><strong>Objective</strong><strong>:</strong> To assess the immunization status of children 1-2 years of age reporting at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.</p><p><strong>Material &amp; Methods:</strong> This observational study was conducted at an outpatient department of Indus Medical College and Hospital from September 2018 to February 2019. Immunization data of 800 children aged 1-2 years of age was obtained regarding nine EPI target diseases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 800 children, 431 (53.9%) were immunized, 277 (34.6%) were partially immunized and 92 (11.5%) were not immunized.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study statics conducted concludes that immunization indicators in Pakistan have not met the expected benchmarks and have poor up-to-date immunization coverage.&nbsp; Further studies at the gross level are needed to identify root causes to achieve set targets at the regional level.</p> ER -