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. 2022 Sep 13;12(9):e059566. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059566

Table 2.

Sample health facilities and vaccine stores by region

Immunisation programme level Facility type Central and south North/KRI Retaken areas
Sampled facilities Total facilities Sampled facilities Total facilities Sampled facilities Total facilities
Facility PHC centres 48 696 12 253 14 220
PHC subcentres 16 353 3 73 4 124
District District Cold Store 12 49 4 35 3 16
District Administration 7 34 1 13 2 7
DOH DOH Cold Stores 10 14 2 3 3 4
Vaccine Doses (2018)* 923 202 10 716 304 787 589 2 043 047 200 864 2 577 286

*Doses estimated using district live births multiplied by district vaccination coverage provided by the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health estimated 1 117 512 live births in 2018 (Central & South: 744,792; North/Kurdistan Region of Iraq: 158,280; Retaken Areas: 214 440).

DOH, Directorate of Health; KRI, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; PHC, Primary Healthcare Center.