Table 3.

Ebola vaccination status and the number of offers prior to vaccine receipt among vaccinated healthcare workers, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021.

Ebola vaccine eligibility and vaccination status	n	% [95% CI]
Eligibility and vaccine offers	N = 438
Eligible and offered opportunity to receive vaccine	420	95.9 [94.7–96.8]
Ineligible or not offered vaccine*	18	4.1 [3.2–5.3]
Vaccine uptake+	N = 420
Vaccinated	416	99.0 [98.5–99.4]
Unvaccinated†	4	1.0 [0.6–1.5]
Timeliness of Ebola vaccine uptake	N = 416
Vaccinated at first offer	292	70.2 [66.9–73.3]
Vaccinated at second offer	51	12.3 [10.3–14.4]
Vaccinated at third offer	29	7.0 [5.6–8.7]
Vaccinated at fourth offer or later	43	10.3 [8.6–12.4]
Do not recall timing of uptake against the offering	1	0.2 [0.1–0.6]

^*Not offered or informed they were ineligible as per patient’s report. Specific reasons for which patients were informed they were ineligible were not solicited in the survey.

^†Of the four HCWs who were eligible but declined the vaccine, three reported they declined due to being pregnant or breastfeeding, and one due to having an underlying chronic disease. ⁺Based on self-reported vaccination status.