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Table 6 Vaccines coverage (by card plus parents’ recall) compared to latest data for Cameroon from WHO and Demographic Health Survey (DHS)

From: Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12–23 months in Dschang, West Region, Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak

Vaccine

Present study (n = 502)

WHO (2013) [26]

DHS (2011) [4]

Cameroon (n=2265)

West Region, Cameroon (n=272)

BCG

99.8

82

87.1

95.9

DTwPHibHepB – 1

98.8

95

85.5

94.4

DTwPHibHepB – 2

98.2

89

78.3

87

DTwPHibHepB – 3

94.8

89

68.4

75.5

OPV – 0

97.6

n.a

71.7

84.4

OPV – 1

98.4

n.a

93.3

92.5

OPV – 2

97.8

n.a

85.5

87.5

OPV – 3

95

88

69.8

76.6

Measles

91.2

83

70.6

79.8

Yellow Fever

91.2

83

69.3

77.7

Not vaccinated

0

n.a.

4.5

2.3

Partially vaccinated

14.1

n.a.

49.8

40.7

Fully vaccinated

85.9

n.a.

50.2

59.3

Fully vaccinated ≤12 months a

73.4

n.a.

45.1

n.a.

  1. BCG bacille calmette guérin, OPV oral polio vaccine, DTwPHibHepB diphtheria and tetanus toxoid with whole cell pertussis, Haemophilus Influenzae type B and hepatitis B vaccines, n.a. not available
  2. avaccine coverage assessed by card only