Abstract

Avoidable sickness, disabilities and death among under 5 children are prevented by routine immunization against some specific diseases. Immunization is one of the most effective, safest, and efficient public health interventions, it prevent an estimated 2.5 million deaths every year worldwide. Objective: 1. To assess the immunization coverage. 2. To assess the determinates of loss of immunization. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Lohpeeta migrants tribe located in Shivpuri during the month of October 2019 .Universal sampling method were applied because it was a small population, all children under the age of five year were included in the study. A pre‑designed, pre‑tested checklist was used by the trained investigators during their visits. Result: In the present study no any single child was fully immunized and only 68.8% child were partially immunized and 31.1% child was unimmunized, most common cause of this was mobility of parents in 100% cases followed by lack of knowledge about vaccination schedule 90.5%. Conclusion: Immunization coverage in these tribe was very poor so it was a very alarming condition for the elimination of various diseases. We all need to focus on these type of migrant’s tribe for vaccination

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