THE HEALTH SECTOR IN GHANA FACTS AND FIGURES 2010

6.0 Expanded Programme On Immunization
REGION
6.1 Measles Immunisation Coverage Rate, 1997 - 2009
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Ashanti 87.1 80.7 77.7 73.7 79 68 70 77.0 83.9 68.7 57 60.8 28.6
Brong Ahafo 93.9 96.6 102.0 99.4 89 87 86 87.0 91.1 102.0 68 63.1 68.8
Central 98.1 94.4 94.0 89.0 85 83 81 83.5 80.5 79.0 62 72.9 63.5
Eastern 94.0 95.1 95.5 93.8 92 86 93 91.6 84.7 87.9 57 61.9 25.9
Greater Accra 74.0 67.3 69.2 65.9 67 63 66 75.6 70.0 65.8 60 68.5 58.1
Northern 119.7 109.2 116.4 112.4 96 94 92 106.4 90.0 100.6 96 89.3 72.8
Upper East 105.9 93.1 102.2 95.8 85 88 84 93.3 77.0 95.7 73 64.4 46.4
Upper West 90.6 90.0 97.7 101.1 78 92 88 89.7 90.9 90.2 64 74.3 72.3
Volta 78.3 78.8 78.8 71.0 69 70 68 65.3 71.7 68.3 49 53.1 51.5
Western 85.2 87.5 92.1 90.3 80 86 87 86.8 92.1 89.2 68 72.6 61.4
National 89.1 86.5 88.6 85.1 81 78 79 83.8 82.4 81.5 71.0 67.4 51.4
Source: Expanded Programme on Immunisation
6.2 Penta 3 (DPT3) Immunisation Coverage Rate, 1997 - 2009
REGION
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Ashanti 83.7 76.8 72.3 71.0 73 66 66 70.3 74.2 68.3 65 64.8 28.3
Brong Ahafo 95.0 97.3 100.2 96.8 91 83 81 82.7 86.9 97.7 78 64.9 57.4
Central 96.6 92.2 92.6 88.4 88 86 83 82.0 81.3 90.4 80 76.2 73.9
Eastern 94.5 93.0 93.0 88.6 89 79 81 80.1 67.7 91.4 82 64.5 33.3
Greater Accra 72.7 68.3 67.8 65.4 66 55 62 71.5 64.8 65.0 68 67.3 64.0
Northern 123.0 114.5 123.7 115.2 112 93 85 90.2 82.3 91.2 82 82.2 64.1
Upper East 105.9 94.8 101.6 92.6 97 87 83 90.7 77.1 99.9 75 59.8 48.0
Upper West 90.1 87.5 93.9 92.4 76 90 87 84.9 91.2 102.5 77 79.8 73.2
Volta 82.9 83.8 83.8 77.5 75 71 67 64.7 72.7 68.1 58 57.5 70.2
Western 88.6 89.0 93.3 91.1 85 86 88 85.4 85.7 84.5 81 72.8 44.4
National 89.3 86.6 87.8 84.2 83 76 76 78.1 76.3 81.6 73.0 68.2 52.0
Source: Expanded Programme on Immunisation
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