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Various studies have identified different factors as determinants of immunization uptake. This study set out to evaluate effect of the age at commencement of immunization on immunization uptake in Nigerian children. A retrospective review of data collected during an immunization coverage survey using standard WHO/EPI two stage cluster sampling technique. Only 68(54.0%) of 126 children commenced immunization in the first two weeks of life. Of these, 86.8% completed their immunization compared to 57.5% of those who commenced immunization after 28days of life. This difference was significant (p commencement of immunization in Nigerian children. Key words: age, commencement, immunization uptake |
