10/01/2015
Source:Former Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund, Joint Report on Child Immunization Coverage, 2012
Figure 4.1
In the early 1980s, coverage of some vaccinations was as low as 35 per cent. Through the EPI, national vaccination coverage reached levels of above 90 per cent by the early 1990s. A slight drop in vaccination coverage was noted between 1991 and 1996 – a result of reduced financial investment in the programme at the beginning of the economic reforms and an increasing reliance on out-of-pocket contributions to cover some of the costs related to immunization services. In 2002, hepatitis B was introduced into the National Immunization Schedule. In 2006, the Government implemented a new policy that made routine immunization services free of charge. Vaccination coverage has since risen accordingly. Vaccination coverage of BCG, DTP3, polio, HepB3 and measles all reached 99 per cent since 2009.
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