Immunisation Status of Children with Measles: Experience with the Oyo State Expanded Programme of Immunisation
Abstract
Summary: A study of children withi measles seen at a rural health centre (Igbo-Ora) and at an urban centre (Ibadan) during an epidemic revealed that 30% and 57% respectively, of the children had received measles vaccine. The most likely causes of immunisation failure in these children were inappropriate immunisaticn age and breakdown in the cold chair. The possibility of delaying measles vaccination till the age of nine months when adequate serc.conversion could be achieved, and the importance of strict monitoring of the cold chain, are highlighted.
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