There are challenges facing parents in keeping paper immunisation card in maintaining proper vaccination records for children under 5 years. The parents are faced with multitude of problems and sometimes forget the paper card at the immunisation centre, or lose them altogether due to improper storage or just forget the date for the next immunisation schedule due to other competing priorities. If the immunisation cards was provided inform of ecard which could be loaded on a mobile phone and reminds the parents about the due dates for their children's next immunisation schedule. Would we possibly increase access to vaccines and improve completion of immunisation of children below 5 years?
It certainly seems a very good idea to replace paper cards with electronic cards. In my country, we have established a national immunization registry allowing for the vaccination information on a specific child to be retrieved at each visit even when the paper cards are unenviable. you can find information on -
The Israel National Immunization Registry. May 2010. IMAJ 12(5):296-300. Project: Immunization Coverage
Certainly yes e cards can be a break through towards having a complete documentations of under fives. You see in most developing countries parents or guardian misplace their clinic cards. This is a challenge as it cause inconvenience to HIS.
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