A review of EPI progress in Pakistan towards achieving coverage targets: Present situation and the way forward;Examen des progrès du Programme élargi de vaccination au Pakistan vers la réalisation des cibles de couverture: Situation actuelle et voie à suivre

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Hasan, Q ^a   Bosan, A H ^b   Bile, K M ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

AWARENESS; DIPHTHERIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERADICATION THERAPY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOVERNMENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEASLES; PAKISTAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77957131530     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.supp.31     Document Type: Review

References (21)

1. Coverage evaluation survey 2006. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2007.
2. Planning commission form - 1 (PC-1) 2009-2010 to 2013-2014. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2009.
3. WHO/UNICEF estimate of national immunization coverage 1980-2008, Pakistan. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2009 (http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/timeseries/ tswucoveragebycountry.cfm?country=PAK, accessed 24 April 2010).
4. Pakistan social & living standards measurement survey 2004- 2005. Islamabad, Federal Bureau of Statistics, 2005.
5. Pakistan integrated household survey: round 1: 1995-1969. Islamabad, Federal Bureau of Statistics, 1997.
6. Pakistan demographic and health survey 2006-2007. Islamabad, National Institute of Population Studies, 2008.
7. Faisal A et al. Understanding barriers to immunization in Pakistan. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2009.
8. Coverage evaluation survey - Punjab 2003. Lahore, Director General Health Services of Punjab, 2003.
9. WHO/UNICEF joint reporting form 2008, Pakistan. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2009.
10. Comprehensive multi-year plan 2011-2015. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2009.
11. Planning Commission form 1 (PC-1) 2004-05 to 2008-09. Islamabad, Pakistan, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2004.
12. Immunization coverage data. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Official Database of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2008.
13. Immunization coverage data. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Official Database of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2009.
14. Ahmad N et al. Immunization coverage in 3 districts of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 1999, 49(12):301-305.
15. Mansuri FA, Baig LA. Assessment of immunization service in the perspective of both the recipients and the providers: a reflection from focus group discussions. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, 2003, 15(1):14-18.
16. Usman HR et al. Determinants of third dose of diphtheria- tetanus-pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2009, 15(1):140-147.
17. National EPI policy and strategic guidelines. Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Expanded Programme on Immunization, 2005.
18. Siddiqi N et al. Assessment of EPI (expanded programme of immunization) vaccine coverage in a peri-urban area. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 2007, 57(8):391-395.
19. Report on assessment of barriers in immunization services in Pakistan. Pakistan, United Nations Children's Fund, 2004.
20. Mangrio NK, Alam MM, Shaikh BT. Is expanded programme on immunization doing enough? Viewpoint of health workers and managers in Sindh, Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 2008, 58(2):64-67.
21. Country information fact sheet, Pakistan. GAVI Alliance (http://www.gavialliance.org/performance/country_results/index.php?count ID=52, accessed 10 April 2010).