Impact of Training of Primary Health Care Centers' Vaccinators on Immunization Session Practices in Wasit Governorate, Iraq: Interventional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Immunization averts more than 2.5 million deaths of children annually. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund estimates of immunization coverage in Iraq in 2015 revealed a 58% coverage for the third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine and a 57% coverage for the measles vaccine. High-quality immunization session practices (ISPs) can ensure safer, more effective vaccination and higher coverage rates.

Objective

The goal of this study was to assess the impact of training of primary health care centers' (PHCs) vaccinators on the quality of ISPs.

Methods

This was an interventional study conducted on 10 (18%) PHCs in Wasit Governorate. Two PHCs were randomly selected from each health district. ISPs were assessed by

SUBMITTER: Amily AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803885 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature