Sentences with phrase «immunisation coverage»

Determinants of immunisation coverage of children aged 12 — 59 months in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study

So why then are we only using three to measure immunisation coverage?

More research is needed to better understand and quantify the relationship between full immunisation coverage and the range of benefits for individuals, households, communities and countries.

Such a discrepancy exists because for the last three decades the global health community — governments, international organisations and aid agencies — have used just one or two «tracer» vaccines to measure immunisation coverage, usually the third dose of DTP or sometimes the first dose of measles.

«Some of the states in Northern Nigeria were reporting below 20 per cent immunisation coverage,» he said.

Not exact matches

These included distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to reduce inequalities; lay health workers and training of traditional birth attendants to increase participation in health by consumers; contracting out of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, reminders and recall for immunisation; working with for - profit providers to increase the effectiveness of care; subcontracting the delivery of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, addressing the distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, substitution of doctors by nurses, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to increase coverage or access; and outpatient referrals to improve the coordination of care.

According to him, the state governor will continue to support NIPDs and other supplemental immunisation so that activities in all health services can be fortified for improved coverage.

We now have the capacity to get coverage estimates from the expanded Australian Immunisation Register but these are not yet available.