Trends of childhood vaccination in Wakiso District

Abstract

Introduction: While immunization remains one of the most successful interventions in public health, the coverage has flattened over the last decade. And so many children don’t get a single vaccine dose and while others take vaccine doses partially. Objectives Main objective: To evaluate the trends of childhood vaccination in Wakiso district in order to improve the childhood vaccination services in the district. Specific objectives 1. To determine the trend of childhood vaccination drop-out rates for DPT 1 to DPT3, MR 1 to 2, to PCV3 and HPV1 to HPV2 between October 2021 and September 2022. 2. To establish the trend of childhood vaccination coverage in Wakiso district between October 2021 and September 2022. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. All records of children who received at least one dose of the childhood vaccines were used in the study from October 2021 to September 2022. Results: The drop-out rates were very high especially for Measles Rubella vaccine and Human Papilloma Vaccine. The vaccination coverage was very low with Measles Rubella vaccine and Human Papilloma Virus vaccine coverage taking the lowest position. Conclusions & Recommendations: There should be strategies that decrease vaccination drop-out and increase vaccination coverage.