DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i01.020

Pages: 115-118

Objectives: To find out percentage coverage of different vaccines given under UIP and the age at which these vaccines were administered to children in the age group of 12 -23 months. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Block Hazaratbal, field practice area of Government Medical College Srinagar. Sample size: 210 mothers having children in the age group of 12 to 23 months of age. Study variables: Age at which BCG received, Age at which DPT1/DPT2/DPT3 received, Age at which measles was received. Method: 30cluster sampling technique. Statistical analysis: Percentages and Chi-square tests. Results: Coverage for BCG and DPT1/OPV1 was 99.5%, for DPT2/OPV2 and DPT3/OPV3 it was 99%.Measles coverage among surveyed children was found to be 92.9%.Regarding BCG vaccine only 26.3% received it at birth, 63.2% received the vaccine in the age of 1 to 8 weeks. A total of 71.8% children received DPT1/OPV1 vaccine at the recommended age of 6 to 8 weeks.20.7% received DPT2/OPV2 after 14 weeks. Majority of children 43.3% had received DPT3/OPV3 vaccine after 18 weeks. Majority of children 71.3% received measles vaccine in the age of 9 to 12 months. 6.2% children had received vaccine after 12 months of age.