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.