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Objective: To determine the knowledge and analyze the data.
perception of parents/guardians about BCG Results: 98% children were BCG vaccinated and
vaccination of children and to find the status of 88% had a scar of BCG vaccination on deltoid
BCG vaccination among children less than five region of left arm. 75% parents and guardians had
years old and to probe into reasons for not getting adequate information about tuberculosis and 64%
vaccinated. were aware about the purpose of BCG
Methodology: This cross sectional survey was vaccination.
conducted in a semi urban community near Conclusion: The study showed that not only the
Islamabad and sample size consisted of 100 status of BCG vaccinations has increased but also
householdsselected by simple random sampling. attitude of the people towards vaccination is
Aquestionnaire was used to interview parents and becoming positive. (Rawal Med J 2013;38:422-424 ).
th guardians by a group of 4 year MBBS students of Keywords: BCG vaccination, vaccination card,
Shifa College of Medicine. SPSS was used to tuberculosis.
Matiur Rahman, Amtul Aisha Rahman. (2013) Status of BCG vaccination in a semi urban community, , Volume-38, Issue-4.
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