Assessment of vaccination coverage in Hawalli, Kuwait

An immunization coverage survey was carried out in Hawalli, Kuwait of the year 1984 to determine the vaccination coverage of oral polio vaccine [OPV], DPT and measles vaccine and to assess the efficacy of measles vaccine. 236 eligible children 12-23 months at the time of evaluation were sampled in 30 randomly clusters. Children fully immunized against DPT and poliomyelitis [three doses or more of each] comprised 94.49%. Measles coverage was 85.17%. The proportion of fully immunized children [three doses or more of OPV, three doses or more of DPT and one dose of measles] was 81.36%. No significant difference in vaccination coverage in different areas of Hawalli was observed. 4 [18.68%] were defaulters, 2 had not been immunized and 42 children had not completed their course of immunization. The difference in distribution of defaulters among different nationalities is not statistically significant. Almost for out of every five mothers were aware of immunization. Measles vaccine efficacy was found to be 95.57%

Population study of blood pressure and associated factors in Kuwait

A population survey of blood pressure in Kuwait has confirmed that high blood pressure constitutes an important public health problem giving a prevalence rate of 15.14%. In common with other studies blood pressure was found to be significantly correlated with body weight, possibly by a primary effect on diastolic pressure. Systolic blood pressure was also significantly correlated with age and family history of hypertension and diastolic blood pressure was primarily correlated with the number of cigarettes smoked per day. There was a significant difference between mean blood pressures of both diabetics and non diabetics