Dropout of Vaccination Among Iraqi Children

Abstract

Immunization has been a successful method of preventing and controlling life-threatening infectious diseases since the 20th century. About 2-3 million child deaths are avoided annually through vaccination. Despite increasing vaccination rates worldwide, many children in developing nations still miss their vaccinations. Therefore, many children are still vulnerable to the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) targeted diseases. Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOVs) occur when people who are eligible for vaccination visit a medical facility but do not receive the necessary vaccinations. Therefore, vaccination has the opportunity to achieve more if missed vaccination opportunities (MOVs) are removed and global immunization coverage increases. A narrative review was conducted to summarize vaccination missing among Iraqi children, and factors affecting the vaccine coverage rate.

A Retrospective Study of Outbreak and Vaccination on Measles Inflammation

“…Furthermore, a decline in vaccination rates among Iraqi children has been shown (Kadim et al, 2022). In the Province of Babylon, specifically, only 74 out of 277 patients received immunization, and they exhibited a higher rate of recovery compared to the 203 individuals who were not vaccinated (Mohammed et al, 2022).…”

An Outbreak of Measles in Iraq

“…The most important risk factor for the measles outbreak is the reduction in vaccination coverage rate [8]. In Iraq, many reasons might lead to a reduced vaccination coverage rate, including; fear of vaccination, lack of screening for child immunization, inhabitant in rural regions, extreme age of the mothers, multiparty, false contraindications to getting the vaccine, forgotten cards of the immunization, unavailability of the vaccine, crowding, careless mothers toward a vaccine, lack of appropriate cooperation between child health care providers and primary care health doctors, forgetfulness of the mothers estimated to be about 30% of the reasons for only taking an incomplete dose of vaccine, social problems, and health disorders of the child [11]. Improper ways of importing vaccine are another factor that might reducing the vaccination coverage rate [5].…”