Review Of ANC Services & Immunization Coverage in Raisen District Of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

Background: Universal Immunization Programme as an element of primary health care has been integrated with maternal & child health services & family welfare services. Objective of the study was to review & evaluate the yearwise coverage of Universal Im- munization Programme for all pregnant women, infants & chil- dren in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) under gov- ernment health infrastructure for assessment of programmatic success. Methods: Raisen district was selected for study out of 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh. 3 years retrospective online data about cov- erage of immunization & ANC services was collected from 8 blocks of Raisen district and was analysed. Results: Total number of ANC registration has been increased from 54.11% (2009) to 59.28% (2012). Also TT1 received by 68.02% in 2012 in comparison to 65.79% (2009). But rest of the ANC ser- vices has declined by 3-6% approx. Immunization coverage of district has also been declined in the range of 0.2-17.2% in the span of 3 years. Conclusion: ANC services are not showing overall favourable trends in upward direction whereas Immunization trends are also showing an overall declining trend in under 3 year old age group. The district is still lagging behind the set targets.

Keywords

• Universal Immunisation Programme
• ANC services
• Trends
• Raisen district