Table 1.
The strength of routine immunisation, measured by whether the first dose of measles vaccination (MCV1) coverage reaches the recommended target of at least 95% and the country’s measles elimination status.
| Category | Number of Countries | MCV1 >95% |
MCV1 <95% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verified | 82 |
28 (34%) |
54 (66%) |
| Eliminated | 21 |
5 (24%) |
16 (76%) |
| Endemic | 85 |
16 (19%) |
69 (81%) |
| Re-established endemic transmission post-verification | 5 |
2 (40%) |
3 (60%) |
| No report | 1 |
1 (100%) |
0 (0%) |
Data source: Regional Verification Reports shared in confidence with WHO HQ by WHO regions.