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Table 4 Location of vitamin A supplementation and reasons for non-supplementation

From: Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors for children aged 6 to 59 months in integrated and campaign-based delivery systems in four sub-Saharan African countries

 

Mozambique

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Tanzania

Location of VAS receipt

Health facility

Home

Other

Did not know

N = 722

461 (63.9)

209 (28.9)

49 (6.8)

3 (0.4)

N = 3367

1456 (43.2)

1594 (47.4)

313 (9.3)

4 (0.1)

N = 3601

1301 (36.1)

2076 (57.7)

217 (6.0)

7 (0.2)

N = 1373

1008 (73.4)

210 (15.3)

152 (11.1)

3 (0.2)

Reason for child not receiving VAS

Not being informed

Health worker not coming to house

Child absent

Child ill

Lack of supply

Refusal

Other

Did not know or remember

N = 860

455 (52.9)

68 (7.9)

72 (8.4)

4 (0.5)

6 (0.7)

8 (0.9)

59 (6.8)

188 (21.9)

N = 3779

1894 (50.1)

939 (24.9)

165 (4.4)

29 (0.8)

46 (1.2)

96 (2.5)

610 (16.1)

0 (0.0)

N = 431

96 (22.3)

182 (42.2)

114 (26.5)

3 (0.7)

37 (8.6)

33 (7.7)

26 (6.0)

26 (6.0)

N = 1823

1236 (67.8)

60 (3.3)

153 (8.4)

5 (0.3)

35 (1.9)

8 (0.4)

201 (11.0)

125 (6.9)

  1. Reasons for non-supplementation obtained from caregivers
  2. In Sierra Leone multiple reasons for non-supplementation were recorded