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Preventive care and recent illness in children under two years (source: household survey) |
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| Indicator |
Number of children |
Percentage of children |
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| VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months) |
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| BCG before 12 months of age |
647/724 |
89% |
| DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age |
588/724 |
81% |
| OPV3 before 12 months of age |
657/724 |
91% |
| Measles before 12 months of age |
496/724 |
69% |
| Vitamin A in previous 6 months |
500/710 |
70% |
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| MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Slept under a net last night |
417/1,401 |
30% |
| Slept under a treated net last night |
159/1,401 |
11% |
| Slept under a recently-treated net last night |
125/1,401 |
9% |
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| MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Malaria parasitaemia |
780/1,254 |
62% |
| Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL) |
384/1,256 |
31% |
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| RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months) |
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| Illness in the last two weeks |
674/1,410 |
48% |
| Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc) |
309/674 |
46% |
| Admissions in the previous year |
227/1,414 |
16% |
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| NUTRITION |
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| Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old |
79/332 |
24% |
| Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old |
400/1,243 |
32% |
Armstrong Schellenberg et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:194 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-194 |
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