Publication:

A study on immunization practices amongst private medical practitioners of Bhopal city in central India

Background WHO advocates and highly recommend that National Immunization Programmes (NIPs) should increase collaboration and communication with private providers delivering vaccination services to ameliorate the purpose immunizing beneficiaries efficiently.

Methods It is a cross sectional observational study. It is done to assess immunization practices and other rel-evant aspects amongst private paediatrics practitioners of Bhopal city.

Results After doing appropriate statistical analysis, results revealed that most of the cold chain practices, vaccine administration practices, record keeping and reporting mechanisms were not up to the mark (i.e. p values < 0.05 at 95% confidence interval). However, training and level of experience contributed to improve in certain practice outcomes.

Conclusions Quality of immunization services in private sector could be enhanced by providing training and support to private immunization service providers.