RESULTS
Results of data analysis regarding RCH performance of India during the month of April to June 2020 as compared to previous year 2019 for same months were compared for RCH services.
The immunisation services had been adversely affected during the months analysed as compared to previous year 2019. It seems that not only newborn children but even the older ones have missed proper immunisation services as evident from the data analysis. Table no. 3 shows that for BCG immunisation there is a decrease of 19.9% as compared to previous year 2019 data. Since BCG is given at birth it seems that either less no. of children’s is born during this period or many have not received it.
For Penta3+DPT3 the decrease was 30.8%.
For DT or DPT5 the decrease was 31.9%.
For Measles+MR the decrease was 19.7%.
For OPV3 the decrease was 30.9 %.
For TT10 the decrease was 37.0%.
For TT16 the decrease was 38.8%.
For vitamin A which is given from 9 months of age 1stdose decreased by 5.3 %
Vitamin A 2nd to 9th dose starts from 16 months of age (one dose every 6 month).
Vitamin A 5th dose decreased by 30.4%, Vitamin A 9th dose decreased by 32.2 %
Here it is important to mention that vitamins A as well as OPV both are administered orally. The only difference is that OPV3 is given at the age of 14 weeks whereas vitamin A is started from 9 month onwards. This shows that the immunisation coverage for children of all ages decrease in 2020 April/May/June as compared to 2019 when the pandemic was not in existence. The full scenario is as follow: see Table 3 - Comparison on immunisation coverage for 2019 & 2020 for the month of April to June (all India) & Figure 1 - Comparison on immunisation coverage for 2019 & 2020 for the month of April to June (all India)