Table 1.

Measles supplementary immunization activities (SIA) and estimated coverage^a with the routine first dose measles-containing vaccine (MCV1), seven southern African countries, 1996–2011.

Country	Extent of SIA	Dates of SIA	Target age group	Target population	Number of target population vaccinated	SIA vaccination coverage (%)b	1996 MCV1 coverage (%)	2011 MCV1 coverage (%)
Botswana	National	Jul–Aug 97	9M–14Y	344,280	347,265	101	89	94
	National	May 98	9M–14Y	234,960	246,420	105
	National	May 01	9–59M	160,000	136,000	85
	National	Oct 05	9–59M	180,450	179,587	100
	National	Nov 09	9–59M	171,038	195,841	115
Lesotho	National	Oct 99	9–59M	266,329	159,933	60	82	85
	National	Oct 00	5–14Y	624,994	469,005	75
	National	Apr–May 03	9–59M	204,786	178,522	87
	National	Oct 07	9–59M	212,800	196,416	92
	Nationalc	Sep 10	6M–15Y	615,109	558,335	91
Malawi	National	Oct 98	9M–14Y	4,179,229	4,747,452	114	90	96
	Sub-national	Aug 02	9–59M	1,583,664	1,906,985	120
	National	Sep 05	9–59M	1,851,176	2,137,152	115
	National	Oct 08	9–59M	2,120,557	2,087,375	98
	Nationalc	Aug 10	9M–15Y	6,370,409	6,785,428	107
Namibia	National	Jun 97	9M–14Y	737,977	677,538	92	61	74
	National	Jun 00	9–59M	285,504	257,590	90
	National	Jun 03	9–59M	340,000	318,240	94
	Sub-national	Aug 06	9–59M	353,270	318,905	90
	National	Jun 09	9–59M	246,501	256,006	104
	Sub-national	Feb–Mar 10	6–59Md	NA	NA	Range by district 88–115
South Africa	Sub-national	Aug 96	9M–14Y	3,559,252	3,317,400	93	76	78
	Sub-national	Aug 96	9M–4Y	2,173,753	1,786,048	82
	National	May 97	5–14Y	4,045,498	3,495,415	86
	Sub-national	May 97	9M–14Y	4,278,598	3,281,321	77
	National	May 00	9–59M	3,384,890	3,005,319	89
	National	Jul 04	9–59M	3,791,127	3,501,447	92
	Sub-national	Apr–May 05	9–59M	2,674,829	2,273,604	85
	National	May 07	9–59M	4,349,921	3,880,585	89
	Sub-nationale	May 09	9–59M	229,514	186,334	81
	Sub-nationale	Sep–Nov 09	5–19Y	396,114	304,981	77
	Sub-nationale	Oct–Nov 09	5–19Y	2,566,587	2,251,305	88
	Nationalc	May–Jul 10	6M–15Y	14,930,510	14,592,721	98
Swaziland	National	Jun 98	9–59M	147,545	146,626	99	82	98
	National	May 99	5–14Y	276,732	244,739	88
	National	Jun 02	9–59M	157,381	127,829	81
	National	Jul 06	9–59M	153,504	140,143	91
	National	Jul 09	9–47M	91,124	87,592	96
	National	Oct–Nov 10	9–59M	125,845	112,740	90
Zimbabwe	National	Jun 98	9M–14Y	5,279,248	4,929,475	93	88	92
	National	Jun–Jul 02	9–59M	1,808,552	1,537,263	85
	Sub-national	Jul 03	9–59M	375,782	353,235	94
	National	Jun 06	9–59M	1,479,957	1,407,510	95
	National	Jun 09	9–59M	1,523,344	1,408,589	92
	Nationale	May 10	6M–14Y	5,310,480	5,164,307	97
Total							80	84

M: months, Y: years, NA: not available, ORI: Outbreak response immunization campaign, SIA: supplemental immunization activity.

^aWHO/UNICEF estimates of MCV1 coverage among children aged one year.

^bValues >100% indicate that the intervention reached more persons than the estimated target population.

^cPlanned SIA with expanded age group in response to the outbreak.

^dTarget age in Opuwo district was ≥6 M.

^eORI campaign in response to the outbreak.