Abstract
Objective: To assess the awareness of mothers about EPI, to promote importance of vaccination and motivating mothers to follow EPI schedule.
Study Design: Observational descriptive, cross sectional study.
Place and duration of study: Paediatric OPD, teaching hospital Dera Ghazi Khan from May 2017 to August 2017
Methodology: 100 mothers visiting paediatric OPD of teaching hospital D.G. Khan were interviewed. All. mothers were approached and knowledge was collected by pretested questionnaire which was filled up by researchers.
Results: 86% of mothers have awareness about importance of vaccination. 76% of mothers have completed the vaccination schedule according to EPI card.94% of mothers had knowledge that they should be vaccinated during pregnancy.
Conclusion: The analyzed data reveals good awareness regarding EPI among mothers. Level of completion of EPI is satisfactory. Further knowledge regarding details of vaccination programme, detailed schedule and their storage is poor.