Surveillance of infectious diseases at Faisalabad

ABSTRACT

This study is based on a survey of six infectious diseases in children against which vaccination is done in the EPI. History of 703 patients was recorded from October 1991 to September 1992 in Punjab Medical college, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, District Headquarter Faisalabad and Kachi Abadi, Islam Nagar. Out of these, 105 [14.93%] had received prior immunization and 598 [85.07%] cases were unvaccinated. Out of a total of 105 vaccinated cases, 68 were of measles alone. It has been claimed that the EPI target has been achieved but one should not overlook findings that many vaccinated children have developed infectious diseases, especially measles. The EPI activities need to be looked into and improvements made where necessary