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Immunization Coverage Is Necessary To Reduce

Child Mortality

Immunization Coverage is the formula in which the percentage is calculated by people who are receiving one or more vaccines in relation to the overall population.

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Immunization Coverage Is Necessary To Reduce Child Mortality

For example, the calculation of immunization coverage for influenza in the people of age 65 years and over would be calculated as:

People of age 65 years and over receiving influenza vaccine in the previous season X 100%------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Population of age 65 years and over

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Immunization Coverage Improvement Plan MP (iCIP)

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In India, immunization is a very important component in the continuum series of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCH+A) because these vaccines can work in a log run to help reduce the child mortality and in achieving MDG goal 4. It must be a fast and timely action for infants and children up to 2 years old because this is the very crucial time for a child. India have been moderately slow to achieve MDG 4 (Reduce child mortality).

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Causes of Infant MortalityThe leading causes of Infant Mortality are birth asphyxia, pneumonia, term birth complications, neonatal infection, diarrhea, malaria, measles and malnutrition.

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Though India has been showing considerable progress in reducing IMR (Infant Mortality Rate), the 2012 data reports that an IMR of 42 per 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System, SRS 2013) was still seen.In the Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR), according to SRS 2012, the IMR is 52 per 1,000 live births.

Every year, 15.8 lakh child deaths are accounted, which globally is 20 percent in child mortality.

Each Centre of Disease Control should work with the state’s regional health authorities to assess immunization coverage in order to:• Measure how many people are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases within

the overall population.• Identify ‘populations’ (e.g. people living in certain communities) that have low vaccine

coverage in order to explore reasons for low coverage.

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Identify Immunization Coverage

Monitor Coverages

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It is important to monitor immunization coverages, to identify potential for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases because when coverage rates drop in a population, the population will increase the chances of having a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak.

Monitoring can help in identifying the places where resources are need to be setup as priority to improve the access to immunization services.

Contact UsImmunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU)

14, Community Centre, Panchsheel ParkNew Delhi- 110017, India

Website: https://www.itsu.org.in

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