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. 2010 Feb 23;4(2):e626. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000626

Table 2. Reported and estimated vaccination coverages in domestic dog populations from various settings in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990.

Region Country Dates Vaccines delivered Dog population Estimated coverage (%) Source of data and notes
N'djamena Chad 2001 23,560 19.00 XLV
Machakos Kenya 1992 24.00 XIV
National Kenya 2003 33.00 XXXIX
Mzuzu Malawi 1996–2000 7823* 44,932 12.1–20.2 XLVII
National Mozambique 1997–2000 175,769* 7,000,000 <1 XLVIII
Northern communal land Namibia 2001 115,000 12.00 XXIX
Borno State (urban) Nigeria 2007 <46.00 XLIX
Borno State (rural) Nigeria 2007 <15.6 XLIX
National Sudan 1992–2002 37,620* 71,540 5.26 Dog population from 1992 census data reported in XXXVI
Khartoum state Sudan 2000 2,946 91,000 3.24 L
National Swaziland 1994–1998 57,204 63.2–91.7 (dropped to 3% in 1998) LI
National Tanzania 1992 11,635 <1 Extrapolated from LII using human:dog ratios from XLVI, census data from LIII and estimated dog population growth rates from LIV
National Uganda 2001–2003 16.00 XXVI
National Zimbabwe 2002 314,319 1,300,000 13.93 Extrapolated from LV, with dog population sizes and growth rates in 1986 from LVI

Targeted mass vaccination campaigns carried out by research projects have been excluded (e.g. XLIV-XLVI).

*Indicates total vaccinations delivered over stated period. See Appendix S1 for references.