A study of vaccination status, weights and birthplace of children aged 12 to 23 months in the Mosvold Health Ward of KwaZulu
Date
1992
Authors
Buchmann, Eckhart Johannes
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Abstract
The objective of the research reported in this thesis was
to describe the vaccination coverage of children aged 12 to
23 months in the Mosvold Health Ward of northern Kwa-Zulu.
The Expanded Programme on Immunisation cluster sample
technique was used. Simultaneous measurements of the
children's weights and arm circumferences were done, and
their birthplaces noted.
Vaccination coverage rates were generally low; 74 to 83
per cent of the children had had BCG, 47 to 56 per cent had
had three doses of DPT, 48 to 57 per cent had had three
doses of polio and 47 to 56 per cent had had one dose of
measles vaccine. Forty-eight per cent of the children had
been born at home. Fifteen per cent had weights which Were
more than two standard deviations below the median
weight-for-age according to NCHS curves, 11 per cent had
arm circumferences of 13,5 centimetres or less. The
results are compared with other findings from else Where in
southern Africa.
Relevant literature on vaccination coverage improvement and
the measurement thereof, is reviewed. Recommendations are
made for increasing coverage rates in the Mosvold Health
Ward) •
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty
of Medicine, University df the Witwatersrand
in fulfilment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Science in Medicine
Johannesburg 1992.
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Buchmann, Eckhart Johannes (1992) A study of vaccination status, weights and birthplace of children aged 12 to 23 months in the Mosvold Health Ward of KwaZulu, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/21779>