Table 1.
Coverage of EPI vaccines given with IPTi and other health interventions based on the information on vaccination card and from interview at baseline and after IPTi implementation
| Vaccines and interventions | Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | P value Control zone versus intervention zone | P value Control zone versus Baseline | P value Intervention zone versus Baseline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Control zone | Intervention zone | |||||||
| n | Coverage in % (95% CI) | n | Coverage in % (95% CI) | n | Coverage in % (95% CI) | ||||
| BCG | 867 | 70.9% (62.7 - 79.1) | 925 | 88.7% (82.6 - 94.9) | 958 | 91.6% (88.7 - 94.6) | 0.322 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| 3 doses of DTP/Polio | 704 | 54.4% (43.3 - 65.5 | 718 | 60.2% (48.6 -71.7) | 763 | 76.4% (69.5 -83.3) | 0.007 | 0.03 | <0.001 |
| Measles | 560 | 55.0% (44.4 - 65.6) | 544 | 73.9% (67.6 - 80.1) | 528 | 83.3% (78.8 - 87.9) | 0.012 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Yellow Fever | 599 | 49.9% (38.7 - 61.1) | 544 | 73.2% (67.2 - 79.1) | 529 | 82.6% (77.8 - 87.4) | 0.011 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Completely vaccinated | 537 | 36.7% (25.3 - 48.0) | 519 | 53.8% (43.4- 64.1) | 511 | 69.5% (64.2 - 74.7) | 0.005 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Vitamin A supplementation | 720 | 74.4% (67.3 - 82.5) | 723 | 83.7% (77.1- 90.3) | 691 | 85.2% (78.0-92.5) | 0.746 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Use of ITN | 1039 | 49.7% (39.4 - 59.6) | 1045 | 52.7% (41.3 - 64.1) | 1045 | 52.3% (43.7 - 61.0) | 0.884 | 0.17 | 0.24 |
EPI: Expanded Programme on Immunization; IPTi: Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants; BGG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine; DTP: Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine; Polio: Poliomyelitis vaccine; ITN: Insecticide-impregnated bed net.