Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Alireza Mirahmadizadeh 1
- Soraya Zahmatkesh 2
- Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Kashfi nezhad 3
- Mehrab Sayadi 4
- Seyed Hamidreza Tabatabaee 5
- Ali Mohammad Mokhtari 6
1 MD, MPH, PhD of Epidemiology. Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2 MD, MSc of Medical Education, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 MD, Manager of family health unit, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
4 PhD Candidate in Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Research center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
5 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Research Center for Health Sciences, Epidemiology Dept., School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
6 PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Student Research committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
Background: Vaccines are among the most available effective tools to prevent infectious diseases. The Global Vaccine Action Plan 2011–2020 (GVAP) compelled all nations to reach ≥90% national coverage for all vaccines by 2020. The aim of this study was to determine the vaccination coverage in children aged 0-18 months in Fars province, southern Iran.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 28 cities of Fars province, in which 6229 children 0-18 months were studied using multi-stage sampling. Information about vaccination was collected by a door-to-door survey and approved by the vaccination card at six age ranges of at birth, and at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age.
Results: The findings showed that 98.6% of children had vaccination card, and the highest coverage rate was at birth. The vaccination coverage at birth, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months were 99.96, 99.93, 99.90, 99.75, 99.70 and 99.20% respectively. In this study, the vaccination coverage at all times was high and close to 100%.
Conclusion: Immunization coverage will be reached the GVAP goals by 2020. However, maintaining this coverage level and solving some problems can promote vaccine-preventable diseases surveillance system.
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