A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding MR Vaccination among Mothers in Selected Area at Bangalore

Abstract

Immunization is one of the most cost effective intervention to reduce burden of childhood mortality and morbidity provided used optimal and judiciously. Currently it is estimated that immunization save the lives of 3 million children a year but 2 million more lives could be saved by existing vaccines. Prevention of disease is one of the most important goals in child care, during infancy and childhood, preventive measures against certain infection diseases are available. In recent years relatively low immunization level in age group have occasioned scattered out breaks of certain diseases. For this reason nation effort is being made towards
improving the immunization levels of all children. Transmitted in airborne droplets when infected people sneeze or cough, rubella is an acute, usually mild viral disease traditionally affecting susceptible children and young adult’s worldwide. Rubella infection just before conception and in early pregnancy may result in miscarriage, fetal death, or congenital defects known as congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which is characterized by multiple defects, particularly to the brain, heart, eyes, and ears. The highest risk of CRS is found in countries with high rates of susceptibility to rubella among women of childbearing age, and worldwide an estimated 110,000 babies are born with CRS every year.