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Totals, 2001 - 2006 Campaigns:
YearVaccinations
200120,650,635
200247,291,176
200346,506,544
200465,165,300
200565,165,300
200676,484,242
Total (WHO Afro Region Only) 297,437,997
Asia, 2006 Campaigns:
Country Children Vaccinated
¹Bangladesh36,012,154 (2005 – 06 total)
Bhutan338,040
²Indonesia12,102,071 (2005 - 06 total)
Maldives123,642
Yemen10,360,438
2006 Total58,936,345
Africa, 2006 Campaigns:
CountryChildren Vaccinated
²Angola3,210,160
²Burundi1,226,689
¹ ²Cameroon1,249,041
¹ ²Central African Republic515,956
¹ ²Chad2,735,760
¹ ²Democratic Republic of Congo7,874,867
¹ ²Djibouti186,317
Eritrea387,479
¹ ²Ethiopia10,300,490
¹Ghana3,994,052
¹Guinea1,707,633
¹ ²Guinea-Bissau590,602
¹ ²Kenya5,260,241
¹ ²Namibia3318,905
¹ ²Nigeria26,353,793
¹ ²Rwanda1,380,870
¹Senegal1,833,931
¹ ²Sierra Leone751,107
Somalia2,228,154
South Sudan1,476,520 (2005-06 total)
¹Swaziland145,943
¹Uganda5,239,221
¹Yemen9,310,000
¹ ²Zimbabwe1,407,510
2006 Total 89,685,241 
¹ These countries held campaigns in previous years.
² These countries also have malaria prevention activities.

2005 Campaigns:
 Children Vaccinated Deaths Averted/Year
¹Benin1,137,1631,706
¹Botswana179,20282
Cape Verde46,53017
Central African Republic1,183,5834,453
¹Chad1,643,9307,813
¹Cote D'Ivoire7,894,3277,861
¹Democratic Republic of Congo6,820,34565,515
Equatorial Guinea119,462378
Ethiopia1,124,156  
Malawi2,029,220 
Mozambique8,079,3254,440
Nepal9,839,723 (2004-05 total) 
¹Niger332,21813,327
Nigeria28,538,974172,004
Somalia518,682172,004
Sudan3,899,914172,004
¹Tanzania6,036,8659,070
2005 Total79,423,619296,868
¹These countries held campaigns in previous years
2004 Campaigns:
 Children VaccinatedDeaths Averted/Year
Burkina Faso2,858,5366,690
Congo1,356,6253,918
DR Congo8,604,75421,620
Ethiopia7,422,07426,622
Gabon502,9591,517
Madagascar7,546,22913,490
Mali2,426,4976,238
Mauritania1,167,307904
Niger5,071,1497,996
South Africa3,501,4473,064
Sudan (North)8,146,044 3,064
Togo887,6883,064
2004 Total49,491,309101,916
2003 Campaigns:
 Children vaccinatedDeaths Averted/Year
Angola7,226,10510,367
Eritrea1,047,6822,301
Ethiopia5,101,00124,202
Gambia677,83066
Guinea3,202,8483,986
Lesotho178,522186
Namibia318,240118
Rwanda 3,082,5833,374
Senegal4,854,0775,197
Sierra Leone2,404,8823,410
Uganda13,457,12710,325
Zambia4,955,6472,796
2003 Total46,506,54466,328
2002
 Children vaccinated Deaths Averted/ Year
Benin 2,232,682 
Burundi 2,762,054 
Cameroon 4,570,817 
Democratic Republic of Congo5,554,824 
Ghana 7,827,065 
Kenya 13,302,991 
Malawi 1,906,985 
Swaziland 127,829 
Tanzania 6,739,197 
Zambia729,469 
Zimbabwe 1,808,552 
2002 Total 47,291,176 
2001
 Children vaccinated Deaths Averted/ Year
Benin 433,443 
Burkina Faso 4,943,115 
Cameroon 2,789,542 
Ghana 790,798 
Mali 4,998,491 
Tanzania 3,687,390 
Togo 2,393,700 
Uganda 614,156 
2001 Total 20,650,635 
 

*The number of lives saved for any campaign is based on WHO's estimate of the percentage of the population vaccinated during the campaign and the probability of death among those who would have gotten measles in the absence of the campaign.


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2/26/2008 5:11:25 PM