Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Videos

Routine primary immunization: status in two district of West Bengal.

S Dasgupta¹, P Roy Karmakar, N K Mandal

¹N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata. sdg_1954@yahoo.co.in

Indian Journal of Public Health

|February 17, 2006

Summary

Routine immunization coverage in West Bengal districts is poor, with high dropout rates jeopardizing child health and polio eradication efforts. Urgent interventions are needed to improve vaccination completion and address non-immunized children.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Spatial assessment, mapping, and characterization of salt-affected soils in Uttar Pradesh state of the Gangetic plain (IGP), India, for planning reclamation and management.

Environmental monitoring and assessment·2025

Same author

Robot-assisted and conventional urology surgical procedures: comparison of average length of stay, economic status, operative time and patient's expenditure in a tertiary care hospital of North India.

Journal of robotic surgery·2022

Same author

Urinary adenosine triphosphate and nitric oxide levels in patients with underactive bladder: a preliminary study.

World journal of urology·2021

Same author

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antiepileptic Drugs at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern Nepal.

Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ)·2020

Same author

Corrosion performance of various deformed surfaces of implant steel for coronary stent applications: Effect of protein concentration.

Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces·2020

Same author

An overview of non-invasive imaging modalities for diagnosis of solid and cystic renal lesions.

Medical & biological engineering & computing·2019

Area of Science:

Public Health
Pediatrics
Epidemiology

Background:

Routine primary immunization is critical for child survival and disease prevention.
Suboptimal vaccination coverage poses a significant threat to public health initiatives, including polio eradication.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the status of routine primary immunization coverage in Birbhum and Purba Medinipur districts of West Bengal.
To identify deficiencies in the immunization program, such as dropout rates.

Main Methods:

A cluster sampling technique was employed, surveying 320 children in each district.
Data collection focused on coverage rates for specific vaccines (BCG, DPT, OPV, Measles) and full primary immunization.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

Full primary immunization coverage was 53.13% in Birbhum and 61.56% in Purba Medinipur.
Coverage for DPT, OPV, and Measles vaccines was suboptimal in both districts.
High dropout rates were observed, with over one-third of children in Birbhum and one-fourth in Purba Medinipur not completing their vaccine series.

Conclusions:

Routine immunization coverage in the studied districts is poor and has shown little improvement.
The high dropout rate is a significant programmatic deficiency requiring urgent attention.
Improved immunization coverage is essential to reduce child morbidity/mortality and achieve polio eradication goals.