Table 4. Ebola vaccine eligibility, uptake, and the number of offers prior to vaccine receipt, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2021.
Ebola Vaccine Eligibility and Vaccination Status | n(%) |
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Eligibility and Vaccine Offers | N = 631 |
Eligible and offered opportunity to receive vaccine | 474 (75.1) |
Ineligible or not offered vaccine* | 157 (24.9) |
Vaccine Uptake† | N = 474 |
Received vaccine | 397 (83.8) |
Declined vaccine | 77 (16.2) |
Number of Vaccine Offers Prior to Vaccine Receipt | N = 397 |
Vaccinated at first offer | 208 (52.4) |
Vaccinated at second offer | 71 (17.9) |
Vaccinated at third offer | 47 (11.8) |
Vaccinated at fourth offer or later | 62 (15.6) |
Do not recall | 9 (2.3) |
* Not offered or were informed they were ineligible, per patients’ verbal recall. We did not solicit information about the specific reasons for patients being informed of their ineligibility.
† Among those eligible and offered vaccination only.