Parents’s knowledge and awareness about hepatitis B can influence the vaccination of their children

Table 2 Awareness of the parents about the vaccines included in childhood immunization program

Vernacular name of the childhood illness	Response of the parents
	Yes	No
Tuberculosis	51.8	48.2
Poliomyelitis	94.3	5.7
Hepatitis B virus	29.2	70.8
Diphtheria (Gal Ghotu)	20	80
Pertussis (Kali Khanshi)	7.8	92.2
Measles (Khasara)	68	32
Mumps (Galsua)	29.7	70.3
Pneumonia	69	31
Tetanus	87.5	12.5
Rubella	10.2	89.8
Diarrhoea	70	30
Meningitis/Encephalitis (Dimagi Bukhar)	56.5	43.4

Data are presented as percentage (%).