Abstract

ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING UPDATED NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE AMONG THE POSTNATAL MOTHERS VISITING URBAN HEALTH CENTER AT LATUR

Pralhad V. Iddalagi*

ABSTRACT

New vaccines have been added to India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP).With these new vaccines, India’s UIP will now provide free vaccines against 13 life threatening diseases, to 27 million children annually. The recommendations to introduce these new vaccines have been made after numerous scientific studies and comprehensive deliberations by the National Technical Advisory Group of India (NTAGI), the country’s apex scientific advisory body on immunization. The last vaccine to be added to UIP is the pentavalent vaccine, one shot of which protects against five infections – diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT), hepatitis B and Hib. The vaccine was rolled out as part of introducing a vaccination against Homophiles influenza type B (Hib) infection, which is a major cause of meningitis and pneumonia deaths in children.

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