The Progress of Nations 2000

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(CENTRAI. ASIA

Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan c
Azerbailan c
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Georgia
Armenia
Regional average 7
Afghanistan
WHAT THE
TABLE RANKS
Percentage of
children who
have received
3 doses
of DPT
shot. They did not, however, return with
their children to complete the threedose series of diphtheria/pertussis/
tetanus vaccine (DPT3). This suggests
that caregivers either were dissatisfied
with the services or were not even
made aware that a course of DPT was
needed.
These figures are important because
they pinpoint deficiencies in the quality
of immunization services being provided and can spark measures to correct the problems and improve DPT3
coverage within the current infrastructure at minimal additional cost.?9?9
98
97
97
94
86
82
74
34

IAST/SOUTI'I ASIA
ANI) IPACIFIC
Sri Lanka 100
China 98
Singapore 96
Viet Nam 96
Malaysia 95
Thailand* 95
Mongolia 94
Indonesia 90
Myanmar 87
Australia 86

AJ\I1I IC(A S F IIO.

Bhutan
Regional average
New Zealand
Philippines
Nepal
Korea, Rep.
India
Japan*
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Lao PDR
Korea, Dem.

86
82
81
79
76
74
73
70
68
64
59
58
55
37

Peru
Cuba
Panama
Canada
Honduras
Mexico
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
Trinidad/Tobago
United States
Jamaica
Regional average
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Argentina
Paraguay
Dominican Rep.
Colombia
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Venezuela
Haiti

100
98
98
97
97
96
94
93
92
91
90
88
86
86
85
85
83
81
74
70
70
69
41
38
22

Hungary
Finland
Slovakia
Czech Rep.
Ukraine
Belarus
France*
Moldova, Rep.
Netherlands
Portugal
Romania*
Russian Fed.
TFYR Macedonia*
Albania
Bulgaria
Germany
Regional average
Estonia
Latvia
Switzerland
Croatia
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Slovenia
Austria*
Bosnia/Herzegovina
Greece*
Italy
Belgium
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Yugoslavia
* 1997 coverage data.

100
99
99
98
98
97
97
97
97
97
97
97
97
96
96
95
94
94
94
94
93
93
93
91
90
89
85
70
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data
No data

Figures that spell trouble
BCG-DPT3 drop-out rates, 1999 (in descending order)
'.5. Mauritania, Somalia, Venezuela, Niger, Bolivia
'.I Togo, Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
0. Mali, Cameroon, Guinea, Turkey, Djibouti, Uganda, Liberia
Sierra Leone, C6te d'lvoire, Samoa, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Gabon,
Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Mozambique, Nigeria,
South Africa, Ethiopia, Haiti, Ghana, Congo
I '.. ' Kenya, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Argentina, Algeria, Cambodia,
Eritrea, Madagascar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Burundi, Armenia, Zambia, Ecuador,
Central African Republic, Philippines, Namibia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Benin, Tanzania,
Yemen, Nepal, Sudan, Panama, Comoros, Pakistan, Swaziland, El Salvador

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