International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health Agrawal K et al. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2019 Jul;6(7):2832-2837 http://www.ijcmph.com pISSN 2394-6032 | eISSN 2394-6040 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20192811 Original Research Article Coverage evaluation of vaccines using 30×7 cluster survey in rural area of Dhule, Maharashtra Kapil Agrawal1, Shashikant N. Nagaonkar1*, Shweta K. Agrawal2 1 Department of Community Medicine, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India 2 Freelancer, Udaipur, Rajasthan Received: 02 June 2019 Revised: 15 June 2019 Accepted: 18 June 2019 *Correspondence: Dr. Shashikant N. Nagaonkar, E-mail:
[email protected] Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Background: Infectious diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children. One of the most cost- effective and easy methods for child survival is immunization. The objective of study was to assess the immunization coverage in the rural area of Dhule. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted by using WHO 30x7 cluster sampling technique in Primary Health Centre, Kheda catchment villages among children aged 12-23 months on the day of survey. The total sample size was found out to be 210. Identification of clusters was done as per WHO manual on 30×7 cluster survey. Interviews were conducted as per a structured interview format in households with eligible children.