Immunization against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis

Infants immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles poliomyelitis and tuberculosis

299. Danish children are offered immunization under the voluntary programme covering diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles and poliomyelitis.

Iran states that it provided a range of vaccinations for diseases, such as tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles and meningitis.

Immunization coverage for TB, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis in the year 2000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina was quite high (95 per cent), but lower than in 1991 (98 per cent).

In 2003, the latest year for which figures are available, coverage for three doses of the combined diphtheria pertussis tetanus vaccine (DPT3) increased to 76 per cent in developing countries, from 73 per cent in 2001.

The average per cent immunized against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2000 was 73.9 per cent, which is significantly lower than the 91.7 per cent immunized in the year 2001.

Among the refugee population, UNRWA has helped bring vaccine preventable diseases under full control, and no cases of poliomyelitis, neonatal tetanus, pertussis or diphtheria have been reported over the past decade in the Agency's area of operations.

However, only 30 per cent of children were exclusively breastfed, 79 per cent were immunized against tuberculosis, 68 per cent were immunized against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus and 67 per cent were immunized against measles in 2003 in the least developed countries.

290. During the period 1980 1993 there was a significant decline in the incidence of the EPI target diseases poliomyelitis from 1.7 to 0.1, diphtheria from 0.3 to 0.0, pertussis from 3.7 to 0.1, measles from 34.3 to 3.2 per 100,000 population, while neonatal tetanus dropped from 83.9 to 3.5 per 100,000 live births.