Table 4

Preventive care and recent illness in children under two years (source: household survey)

Indicator
Number of children
Percentage of children

VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months)

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%

MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)

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%

MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months)

Malaria parasitaemia
780/1,254
62%
Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)
384/1,256
31%

RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months)

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%

NUTRITION

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