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Journal of Community Medicine & Primary Health Care
Association of Community Physicians of Nigeria
ISSN: 0794-7410
Vol. 16, No. 1, 2004, pp. 33-35 		Bioline Code: pc04008
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Journal of Community Medicine & Primary Health Care, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2004, pp. 33-35

 en SHORT COMMUNICATION - Age at BCG administration during routine immunization
R.D. Wammanda , M.J. Gambo and I. Abdulkadir

Abstract

In Nigeria, as part of the National Programme on Immunization (NPI), BCG should be given at birth. A survey of the ages at which mothers bring their children for BCG vaccination showed that only 22% of children receive their BCG within the first 3 days of life and 36.2% within the first 7 days of life. The place of birth and whether a child was sick enough at birth to require hospital admission appears to be an important factor affecting the age at BCG administration

Keywords
Age at administration, BCG

 
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