Abstract
Every year, vaccination saves lives of millions of people. Vaccination protect kids from dangerous infections and hence serve a critical role in lowering child mortality and protecting their health. Immunizations protect more children than before, yet nearly one in five newborns worldwide, or 19.5 million kids, do not get these most basic vaccination, leaving them exposed to severe illnesses. Every year, and over 1.5 million child deaths of vaccine-preventable illnesses.Since 1989, when the Herpes Chicken pox Rubella (MMR) vaccine was introduced, the national vaccination programme has significantly decreased the incidence of measles cases. 1 However, the program's effectiveness has waned in recent times, with national vaccination coverage falling below 90% in infants under the age of two in 2014. This has corresponded with an increase in the national measles case count to 339, more than twice the previous year's total. 3 To eradicate diseases, the World Health Organization recommended vaccination coverage be better than 95% . Objective Of The Study :To assess the knowledge regarding MR vaccine among the people in rural area and assess the association score between knowledge and selected demo graphical variables. Methodology: A non-experimental Descriptive design carried out among 100 people . Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used and was statically analyzed after collecting the data through structured questionnaire was prepared for data collection. Ethical clearance was taken from the Institutional ethics committee. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics. Results: The present study result showed that Knowledge concerning MR vaccine among the rural people. Majority 65% were having average knowledge, 23% were having poor knowledge, and only 12% were having poor knowledge.
Keyword
Assess, Knowledge, MR vaccine, people, rural
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