Cobertura y cumplimiento del esquema de inmunizaciones en niños hasta 5 años, Las Cuibas, Estado Lara

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In order to determine coverage, vaccination compliance, reason for non-vaccination and susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases in children up to 5 years, from � Las Cuibas� sector, a cross-sectional study was conducted, using rapid coverage monitoring, where the population was equal to the sample, 948 households, those inhabited by children up to 5 years old were considered as effective. Finding the following results for coverage: BCG 96%, Anti-hepatitis 88% for NB, Anti rotavirus 54%, poliovirus 40%, Pentavalent 40%, antiinfluenza 45%, viral Trivalent 82% and Yellow Fever 72% being these coverages below the ones reported for Lara state in 2012 but higher than the reported in the study conducted in "La Puerta" community. Of all children 34% comply the national immunization schedule. The higher susceptibility to vaccine preventable diseases was for Influenza 64%. For the non-compliant users the most reported reason was inherent to health care facility �there weren�t any vaccines

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