Statistical analysis of the immunization service for children under 6 years old by geographic information system technique in Dhi Qar Province_Iraq

The immunization program must be sustained yearly because new babies are born every year new vaccines are being introduced, and a high level of population immunity to illnesses must be maintained. OBJECTIVES: To assess immunization among Children under 6 years in urban and rural for the years 2020-2022. The study was conducted to statistical and analyse the number of children in a primary care centre, and to evaluate the use of geographic information system technology as a tool for spatial mapping of the vaccine coverage method and analysis by interpolation in two ways and statistical analysis in R language programming, as well as the analysis vaccinations table in Excel. Data were gathered from Health Department Dhi Qar. The governorate is distinguished by its huge size (13738.67 km²). divided into 15 administrative units. The number of health centres’ immunization services available is about 95 centres and the number of children is about 308207. Outcome: the study found that the immunization services were (4 -7 % in 5 health sectors) class weak, (8-11% in 2 health sectors) class below moderate, and (12-15 % in 1 health sector) class moderate, and (18-22 % in 2 health sector) class strong. The common reasons for non-immunization it was a lack of information and lack of attention from the parents and Child disease added to that (COVID-19). Identify urban areas with low immunization coverage thanks to the spatial mapping of immunization coverage. Conclusions: Vaccine coverage in the region needs to be improved further, which can be accomplished by educating mothers, the exclusion of unvaccinated children from school is a critical factor in ensuring the success of the program.