5 yaşından küçük Libyalı çocukların aşılama durumunun değerlendirilmesi: Kesitsel bir çalışma

The aim of this study is to evaluate the vaccination status of Libyan children under 5 years old Across sectional study was conducted in three Libyan regions (37 cities) data on 405 children were collected from caregivers , the information collected include sociodemographic characteristic of caregivers and child , access of vaccination services, vaccination coverage and timeline ,the data was collected online through internet survey by using google form during the period from 14th of June to 3 of August , 2021 .The proportion of completely vaccination was 46.4% and the proportion of children who are take the vaccination on time was 62% , children aged 12 months and +18 months were significantly more completely immunized (53.2% and 65.9% respectively) 69.3% of the mothers' and 58% of the fathers' education level were university. Children which were given advice about vaccination were significantly more immunized than others, The biggest vaccination problem was the lack of vaccine (73.3%), then the lack of syringes or some other supply needed for vaccination (13.3%).We found the mean reason of incompletely vaccination is unavailability of vaccine because of stockout of vaccines, that is mean we need more effort from local authority to increase quality and number of the health centers to avoid vaccine preventable diseases specially after illegal migration. Keywords: Vaccines, Delay, Libya , Timeliness, Vaccine coverage, Vaccination, Immunization