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Access to childhood immunization services and its determinants among recent and settled migrants in Delhi, India

Authored by:

Kusuma YS, Kaushal S, Sundari AB, et al.

Full Citation:

Kusuma YS, Kaushal S, Sundari AB, et al. 2018. Access to childhood immunization services and its determinants among recent and settled migrants in Delhi, India. Public Health. 158.

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Children from poorer refugee and migrant families have less access to health services and lower vaccination rates than the surrounding population.

Key Evidence: A study found that children of poor labor migrants living in Delhi, India are much less likely to be fully vaccinated than the general population and thus are at greater risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. Only 31% – 53% of children from migrant families were fully immunized (against 7 diseases) by 12 months of age, compared to 72% in the overall population of Delhi — with recent migrants having the lowest rates. There is therefore a need to focus on the delivery of health services to migrants.

Children from families that have migrated from other parts of the country have less access to health services and lower vaccination rates than the general population.