Mass vaccination campaigns and Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) have increased vaccine coverage in the world with a substantial impact on the reduction of rubella infections, such as CRS.
The 2005 world health organization expanded program of immunization cluster sampling method has been used.
Recently, Pakistan initiated universal HBV vaccination for neonates through its expanded program of immunization with the assistance of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization [ 2].
Expanded program of immunization (EPI) coverage at Arba Minch town and Arba Minch Zuria district is better than the national immunization coverage but still below the goal.
Part of this reason may be due to the strong focus within the Survival section/ Health section to concentrate on issues related to EPI (expanded program of immunization).
Expanded Program of Immunization in children has been implemented on a nationwide scale in China since 1978, thus it is not difficult to understand that most of migrant women subjects perceived the necessity of immunization to their babies.
The Ministry of Health of Mali along with UNICEF have implemented this strategy composed of three cost-effective intervention packages at an operational level: Expanded Program of Immunization, basic maternal and newborn health services and the Integrated Management of Childhood illnesses (IMCI) [ 13].
This cross-sectional community based study was conducted in March 2013 at Arba Minch town and Arba Minch Zuria district to determine EPI (Expanded Program of Immunization) coverage at the area.
It is hoped that this lowering trend of hepatitis B infection will be more pronounced in the future in the younger age group in particular because of introduction of universal HBV vaccination for neonates through expanded program of immunization with the assistance of Global alliance for vaccines and immunization (GAVI) [ 16].
In Guangdong, the immunization system differed from that in developed countries: all children were vaccinated in public clinics which did not provide medical services, and all Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) vaccines were purchased by central government and provided to registered and migrant children free of charge.
Author: Consultants Consortium SoSec KEMC Background The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) of Pakistan was one of the most successful programs in the developing countries in the early '80s, but its coverage decreased with the withdrawal of international support in the mid-'90s.
