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Assessing The Knowledge Of Health Workers (routine Immunization Officers) About Cold Chain System
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STATETMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It
is significant to understand that Ushongo local government area was
privileged to be a UNICEF assisted local government between 2006 to
2015.withing this time she receive tremendous supports from UNICEF,
NPHCDA and BSMH to national program on immunization(NPI). The cold chain
system of Ushongo local government was boosted with the capacity of 14
solar and 9 refreegilators. Two in LGA cold store and one in each
comprehensive health center across the eleven council wards in the local
government area. This is to serve a total population of children
9-59mths 10952 as of 2015 out of this there was an outbreak of measles
in four council wards which 47 children within the age range of 9-59mths
were affected, 32 (68%) with record of been vaccinated with measles but
there was no sera convection which means the vaccine was not potent.
Similarly, in 2016, out of 11234 children of 0 – 59months, 59 children
of 0-11mthsacross the local government have BCG failure when post
program evaluation was carried out as a result of vaccine failure and
lack of potency. In 2018,11516 the last stroke that Brock the camel’s
was the implementation of measles vaccination campaign in December 2017
that was proponed and shifted to February 2018 because there was no good
and adequate icepacks to implement the program, until icepacks were
borrowed from a neighboring local government area. Another problem was
that, in August 2018 a WHO consultant on his supervision discovered
thousands of doses of different vaccines that has been kept wasted over
time due to lack of functional storage facility as said by the routine
immunization officer and confirmed by the supervisor. It was unfortunate
to discover that, out of 14 solar refrigerators, only 4 are partially
functional including the most recently installed ones. This burden is
adversely affecting a large population of children between 0 to
59mounths (53706) who are leaders of tomorrow and pregnant women who may
be legible for various schedules of immunization. These amounted to
vaccine wastage and shortage resulting to missed opportunity. Also
children receiving vaccines that cannot protect them as intended but
rather be making children sick. Thus, drown the attention of the
researcher to carry out study to assess the responsible factors. There
is a need to ensure that an effective product is being used. Vaccine
failures caused by administration of compromised vaccine may result in
the re-emergence or occurrence of vaccine preventable disease. Careful
management of resources is important. Vaccines are expensive and can be
in short supply. Loss of vaccines may result in the cancellation of
immunization clinics resulting in lost opportunities to immunize.
Revaccination
of people who have received an ineffective vaccine is professionally
uncomfortable and may cause a loss of public confidence in vaccines
and/or the health care system.
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