Tetanus in a child as a result of the vaccination schedule violation – a case report

Abstract

According the World Health Organisation (WHO) data, Ukraine was among the top eight countries with the lowest level of immunization coverage in children in 2016-2017. Countries like Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Chad and Syria were represented together with Ukraine in this list with less than 50% of infants completely immunized against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) (Figure 1, 2 and 3) (1, 2). By August 2018, only 48.5% of infants were vaccinated against tuberculosis, 36.1% against polio, 53.8% against measles, 35.5% against hepatitis B, and 37.2% against diphtheria and tetanus. The immunization coverage in the Ternopil region is the lowest one (3).