THE HEALTH SECTOR - Ghana Health Service

7.0 Expanded Programme On Immunization
REGION 7.1 Measles Immunisation Coverage Rate, 1996 – 2007
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Ashanti 77.7 73.7 79 68 70 77.0 83.9 68.7 57 60.8 28.6 43.7
Brong Ahafo 102.0 99.4 89 87 86 87.0 91.1 102.0 68 63.1 68.8 51.9
Central 94.0 89.0 85 83 81 83.5 80.5 79.0 62 72.9 63.5 55.8
Eastern 95.5 93.8 92 86 93 91.6 84.7 87.9 57 61.9 25.9 44.3
Greater Accra 69.2 65.9 67 63 66 75.6 70.0 65.8 60 68.5 58.1 61.7
Northern 116.4 112.4 96 94 92 106.4 90.0 100.6 96 89.3 72.8 33.1
Upper East 102.2 95.8 85 88 84 93.3 77.0 95.7 73 64.4 46.4 44.4
Upper West 97.7 101.1 78 92 88 89.7 90.9 90.2 64 74.3 72.3 47.6
Volta 78.8 71.0 69 70 68 65.3 71.7 68.3 49 53.1 51.5 39.0
Western 92.1 90.3 80 86 87 86.8 92.1 89.2 68 72.6 61.4 55.9
National 88.6 85.1 81 78 79 83.8 82.4 81.5 71.0 67.4 51.4 47.4
Source: Expanded Programme on Immunisation
REGION 7.2 Penta 3 (DPT3) Immunisation Coverage Rate, 1996 – 2007
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Ashanti 72.3 71.0 73 66 66 70.3 74.2 68.3 65 64.8 28.3 45.9
Brong Ahafo 100.2 96.8 91 83 81 82.7 86.9 97.7 78 64.9 57.4 44.6
Central 92.6 88.4 88 86 83 82.0 81.3 90.4 80 76.2 73.9 48.7
Eastern 93.0 88.6 89 79 81 80.1 67.7 91.4 82 64.5 33.3 48.4
Greater Accra 67.8 65.4 66 55 62 71.5 64.8 65.0 68 67.3 64.0 59.8
Northern 123.7 115.2 112 93 85 90.2 82.3 91.2 82 82.2 64.1 24.4
Upper East 101.6 92.6 97 87 83 90.7 77.1 99.9 75 59.8 48.0 45.4
Upper West 93.9 92.4 76 90 87 84.9 91.2 102.5 77 79.8 73.2 51.7
Volta 83.8 77.5 75 71 67 64.7 72.7 68.1 58 57.5 70.2 38.5
Western 93.3 91.1 85 86 88 85.4 85.7 84.5 81 72.8 44.4 55.3
National 87.8 84.2 83 76 76 78.1 76.3 81.6 73.0 68.2 52.0 45.8
Source: Expanded Programme on Immunisation
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