Immunisation Status of Children born with Orofacial Clefts Who Visited the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic.

  • Alexander Oti Acheampong Kwame Nkrumah University
  • Solomon Obiri – Yeboah
  • Alex Ansah Owusu
  • Ama Amuasi Kwame Nkrumah University
  • Gyikua Plange – Rhule Kwame Nkrumah University
  • Peter Donkor Kwame Nkrumah University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v1i8.790
Keywords: Cleft lip, cleft palate, combined cleft lip and palate,, immunisation,, vaccination, stigma

Abstract

The Ghana Expanded Programme on Immunisation recommends that
children receive Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) at
birth; three doses of Penta vaccine and OPV at 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age; and
measles vaccine at 9 months of age.

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Author Biographies

Alexander Oti Acheampong, Kwame Nkrumah University

f Science and Technology Dental School.

Solomon Obiri – Yeboah

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.

Alex Ansah Owusu

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.

Ama Amuasi, Kwame Nkrumah University

Science and Technology Dental School.

Gyikua Plange – Rhule, Kwame Nkrumah University

Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences.

Peter Donkor, Kwame Nkrumah University

Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences.

Published
2016-08-31
How to Cite
Acheampong, A. O., Obiri – Yeboah, S., Owusu, A. A., Amuasi, A., Plange – Rhule, G., & Donkor, P. (2016). Immunisation Status of Children born with Orofacial Clefts Who Visited the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic. IJRDO -JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND NURSING, 1(8), 91-98. https://doi.org/10.53555/hsn.v1i8.790
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Vol. 1 No. 8 (2016): IJRDO - Journal of Health Sciences and Nursing
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