TABLE 1. Estimated coverage* with rubella-containing vaccine (RCV), age at vaccination, number of confirmed rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) cases, and rubella incidence, by country — World Health Organization South-East Asia Region, 2010 and 2016.
| Country (year RCV introduced) | 2010 |
2016 |
% change in rubella incidence 2010 to 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % RCV1 coverage | RCV schedule | No. of confirmed CRS cases | No. of confirmed rubella cases | Rubella incidence† | % RCV1 coverage | RCV schedule | No. of confirmed CRS cases | No. of confirmed rubella cases | Rubella incidence† | ||
| Bangladesh (2012) |
NA§ |
NA |
NR¶ |
12,963 |
87.4 |
94 |
9.5m, 15m |
87 |
165 |
1.0 |
-99 |
| Bhutan (2006) |
95 |
9m, 24m |
NR |
9 |
12.9 |
97 |
9m, 24m |
0 |
3 |
4.0 |
-69 |
| India (N/A) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
NR |
NR |
NA |
NA |
25 |
8,274 |
6.4 |
— |
| Indonesia (N/A) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
1,323 |
5.6 |
NA |
NA |
174 |
1,238 |
4.8 |
-15 |
| Maldives (2007) |
96 |
9m, 18m |
NR |
4 |
12.5 |
99 |
18m |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-100 |
| Myanmar (2015) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
11 |
0.2 |
91 |
9m |
0 |
10 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Nepal (2013) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
510 |
18.5 |
83 |
9m, 15m |
33 |
656 |
22.9 |
+24 |
| North Korea (N/A) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
0 |
0.0 |
NA |
NA |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Sri Lanka (1996) |
99 |
3y, 13y |
8 |
68 |
3.3 |
99 |
9m, 3y |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-100 |
| Thailand (1993) |
98 |
9m, p1 |
NR |
387 |
6.1 |
99 |
9m, 2.5y |
0 |
7 |
0.1 |
-98 |
| Timor-Leste (2016) |
NA |
NA |
NR |
NR |
NR |
78 |
9m, 18m |
0 |
8 |
6.5 |
— |
| South-East Asia Region | 3 | — | 8 | 15,275 | 8.6 | 15 | — | 319 | 10,361 | 5.4 | -37 |
Source: http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/data/en.
Abbreviations: m = months; NA = not applicable; NR = not reported; p = primary grade of school; RCV1 = first dose of RCV; y = years.
* Data are from World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates, 2016 revision (as of July 2017).
† Cases per 1 million population.
§ Dose was not included in the vaccination schedule for that year.
¶ Country did not report cases in the year specified.