Estimation of child vaccination coverage at state and national levels in India

Bhatnagar, Pankaj; Gupta, Satish Kumar; Kumar, Rakesh; Haldar, Pradeep; Sethi, Raman; Bahl, Sunil

doi:10.2471/blt.15.167593

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“…Its efficacy varies from 75-86% for prevention of miliary TB and TB meningitis and is around 50% for pulmonary TB 10 . The estimated national coverage for BCG vaccination in India has increased from 74% to 91% between 1999 and 2013 11 . Poor immunisation coverage with BCG vaccine has been shown to play a significant role in the higher incidence and case fatality rate of neuro-TB 12 .…”

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Clinical profile and outcome of children with tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India

Pereira

2019

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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Introduction: As children are usually infected by an adult with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), childhood TB reflects transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within a community Objective: To study clinical profile and outcome of children with TB from 0 to 12 years of age in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India. Method: A prospective observational descriptive study of 30 children with TB was conducted over 18 months at a tertiary general hospital in Mumbai and followed up till recovery. Results: Out of the 30 children with TB, 3 (10%) were below the age of 1 year, 8 (26.6%) were aged 1-5 years and 19 (63.3%) were above 5 years of age. Male to female ratio was 1:1.3. Extrapulmonary TB was more common (63.3%) than pulmonary TB (36.6%). Twenty (66.6%) children had a history of previous adult contact with TB, 29 (96.6%) were vaccinated with BCG and 10 (33.3%) were malnourished. Common clinical features were cough (53.3%), fever (46.6%), weight loss (46.6%) and lymphadenopathy (33.3%). Anaemia and raised ESR were seen in 46.6% and 73.3% respectively. All 30 children were non-reactive for the HIV antibody test. Tuberculin sensitivity test was positive in 16 out of 30 children (53.3%). Drug-resistant TB was seen in 2 (6.6%) children. All 30 cases (100%) recovered completely with their primary regimen. Conclusions: In this study, extra-pulmonary TB was found in 63.3% of children. TST positivity (>10mm) was found in only 53.3% of children with TB. Complete resolution of symptoms was seen in _________________________________________ 1

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Clinical profile and outcome of children with tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India

Pereira

2019

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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“…Similar deficiencies are also found in other studies. 16,17 As this is questionnaire-based survey of KAP, accuracy and precision of some measurements may be suboptimal. Nevertheless, this brings into awareness of health care system the important defects in health education and counselling.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers and prospective mothers in neonatal care and utilization of perinatal care services

Pinnamaneni¹,

Mutyala²,

Chodavarapu³

2020

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: The present study was done with the aim to study existing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about neonatal care, perinatal care and its services, among mothers (pregnant and lactating mothers).Methods: This cross-sectional study was done among 624 pregnant women and in mothers of newborn in both rural and urban areas around Vijayawada during the period from October 2015 to November 2017. A structured questionnaire reflecting KAP about neonatal care and perinatal care services was used in the study. The collected data was placed in a proforma and analysed.Results: Rural (53.8%) and urban (46.2%) mothers are equally represented in the present study. There is a slight preponderance of lactating mothers (52.2%). Most of the mothers are homemakers (82.1%) and belong to nuclear families (90.1%). There is a considerable deficiency in the knowledge nearly 45% ad practices nearly 40%, related to the number of ANC’s. The proportion of mothers receiving baby’s immunization advice from obstetrician is 18.5% and from paediatrician is 26.4%. Neonatal infection prevention was not advised in 71.3% of mothers and 23.5% mothers receive advice from obstetrician and 19.1% from paediatrician. The practice of staring first breast feed within one hour is not implemented about 88% of mothers. Nearly 30% of the mothers are not keeping the baby warm and nearly 90% of the mothers are not aware of KMC.Conclusions: The findings of the study conclude that there is a need for systematic and planned health education by the paediatrician and obstetrician to increase the KAP among mothers about neonatal health care.

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“…Immunization coverage is given high priority globally and nationally especially for developing countries like India. The Indian immunization program started in 1978 after the Alma-Ata declaration aimed at immunizing all children [7]. To accelerate this, appropriate policy measures were put in place during those times, but the task of attaining these were quite arduous.…”

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