Summary

In this Study Session, you have learned that:

• A good planning for EPI is a basis to reach to the desired program objective. The five steps in the planning process need assessment, prioritisation of problems, setting goals and objectives, developing strategy, Implementation of the action plan and monitoring and evaluation.
• The three most common immunisation delivery sites in Ethiopia are fixed, outreach and mobile service delivery area.
• The two internationally used EPI indicators used to monitor whether your immunisation service has the potential to reduce the target EPI vaccine-preventable diseases are immunisation coverage rates and dropout rates.