Factors Associated with Full Immunization Coverage among Children up to 12 Months, Kakuma Mission Hospital, Turkana County, Kenya

The 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey showed that only 56.7% of children in Turkana County had received all recommended vaccines by 12 months of age, which is 12% below national and 24% below World Health Organization global coverage rates. This study aimed to identify factors that influence full immunization coverage (FIC) by 12 months of age in Kakuma Mission Hospital, Turkana County, in 2015. Kakuma is the site of a UNHCR refugee camp, established in 1969. Administration of vitamin A by 6 months of age and administration of measles-containing vaccine by 9 months of age were predictive of FIC. DOI: 10.18297/rgh/vol2/iss2/7 Submitted Date: November 28, 2018 Accepted Date: July 11, 2019 Website: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/rgh Affiliations: 1Turkana County Health Department, Kakuma, Turkana County, Kenya 2Ministry of Health, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nairobi, Kenya 3Kakuma Mission Hospital, Maternal Health Clinic, Kakuma, Turkana County, Kenya 4Piret Partners Consulting, Washington, DC, USA This original article is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville’s Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in the Journal of Refugee & Global Health by an authorized editor of ThinkIR. For more information, please contact thinkir@louisville.edu. Recommended Citation: Lomuria, Kevin; Nyakio, Naomi; Oyugi, Elvis; and Ransom, James A. (2019) “Factors Associated with Full Immunization Coverage among Children up to 12 Months, Kakuma Mission Hospital, Turkana County, Kenya,” Journal of Refugee & Global Health: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2, Article 7.