The Gambia - Immunization

Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in The Gambia was 88.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 56.00 in 1993.

Definition: Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1991 78.00
1993 56.00
1994 57.00
1995 87.00
1996 88.00
1997 94.00
1998 92.00
1999 93.00
2000 91.00
2001 91.00
2002 92.00
2003 94.00
2004 95.00
2005 95.00
2006 95.00
2007 97.00
2008 98.00
2009 97.00
2010 97.00
2011 96.00
2012 98.00
2013 97.00
2014 96.00
2015 97.00
2016 95.00
2017 92.00
2018 93.00
2019 88.00

Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in The Gambia was 88.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 62.00 in 1983.

Definition: Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1980 63.00
1981 76.00
1982 80.00
1983 62.00
1984 70.00
1985 78.00
1986 73.00
1987 85.00
1988 82.00
1989 87.00
1990 92.00
1991 85.00
1992 85.00
1993 90.00
1994 93.00
1995 96.00
1996 96.00
1997 96.00
1998 85.00
1999 74.00
2000 80.00
2001 87.00
2002 87.00
2003 87.00
2004 87.00
2005 95.00
2006 95.00
2007 95.00
2008 96.00
2009 98.00
2010 97.00
2011 96.00
2012 98.00
2013 97.00
2014 96.00
2015 97.00
2016 95.00
2017 92.00
2018 93.00
2019 88.00

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in The Gambia was 85.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 97.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 62.00 in 1986.

Definition: Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

See also:

Year Value
1980 69.00
1981 70.00
1982 71.00
1983 70.00
1984 79.00
1985 75.00
1986 62.00
1987 88.00
1988 80.00
1989 85.00
1990 86.00
1991 87.00
1992 83.00
1993 87.00
1994 89.00
1995 91.00
1996 94.00
1997 91.00
1998 90.00
1999 90.00
2000 89.00
2001 89.00
2002 90.00
2003 90.00
2004 92.00
2005 91.00
2006 89.00
2007 88.00
2008 92.00
2009 96.00
2010 92.00
2011 91.00
2012 95.00
2013 96.00
2014 96.00
2015 97.00
2016 97.00
2017 90.00
2018 91.00
2019 85.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention