Reasons for non-timely completion of the routine infant immunization schedule by children in rural South West Uganda

Abstract

Many Ugandan children still die of vaccine-preventable diseases like pneumococcal pneumonia, rotavirus diarrhea and measles.1 Fewer children in low-income countries like Uganda complete their routine infant immunization schedule compared to those in high-income countries, e.g., only 52% in Uganda by age 1 year compared to 90% in Canada by age 2 years.2–5 An unpublished study in Kyabugimbi subcounty found that only 60% had received measles immunization by age one. The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons why children in Kyabugimbi subcounty, Uganda, do not complete the infant immunization schedule by their first birthday