NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable CH.2 shows vaccination coverage rates among children aged 12–23 months by backgroundcharacteristic. The figures indicate children receiving vaccinations at any time up to the date of thesurvey, and are based on information from both vaccination cards and mothers’/caretakers’ reports.There was little variation by region or gender. Full immunization coverage was highest in the Mid-Western Terai (76 percent) and lowest in the Mid-Western Mountains (46 percent). Children living inurban areas (58 percent) were less likely than those in rural areas (65 percent) to receive allvaccinations, and children whose mother had no education (57 percent) were less likely to receive allvaccinations than children whose mother had a primary education (75 percent) or secondaryeducation (73 percent). The likelihood of receiving all vaccinations increases with the wealth statusof the household from 60 percent in the poorest quintile to 73 percent in the richest quintile.Table CH.2: Vaccinations by background characteristicsPercentage of children aged 12–23 months currently vaccinated against childhood diseases, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionPercent of children who received:BCG Polio DPT Measles1 2 3 1 2 3NoneAllPercent withvaccinationcardseenMid-Western 91.3 95.4 91.5 79.8 88.0 83.1 68.3 92.5 4.3 62.3 12.4 334Far Western 93.1 95.0 92.0 81.5 88.2 82.6 72.8 90.3 4.8 67.3 30.8 292SubregionSexMid-WesternMountainsAreaNo. ofchildrenaged12–23months93.7 95.1 90.6 65.0 90.9 82.8 59.2 89.0 3.3 45.5 6.1 52Mid-Western Hills 88.8 95.2 92.4 81.4 87.0 81.4 69.2 92.5 4.7 65.9 6.4 171Mid-Western Terai 94.1 95.8 90.6 84.3 88.2 86.1 71.1 94.2 4.2 64.5 24.7 111Far Western Mountains 91.0 96.1 93.8 75.7 87.9 83.6 72.3 92.3 3.0 65.0 21.8 51Far Western Hills 93.4 94.7 90.2 75.7 85.3 73.7 59.0 88.4 5.3 54.5 7.4 97Far Western Terai 93.7 94.8 92.5 87.5 90.0 87.9 81.6 90.9 5.2 76.0 49.8 144Male 89.9 95.0 90.0 80.8 86.8 81.8 68.8 91.5 4.8 64.6 22.9 318Female 94.5 95.5 93.4 80.3 89.4 84.0 71.9 91.5 4.3 64.5 19.1 308Urban 89.2 90.1 86.3 83.2 82.7 80.5 62.7 85.8 9.6 57.9 32.8 65Rural 92.5 95.8 92.3 80.3 88.7 83.2 71.2 92.2 4.0 65.3 19.6 561Mother’s educationNone 88.1 93.4 88.8 74.8 83.9 78.2 63.9 89.1 6.2 57.1 16.3 341Primary 98.2 98.2 94.8 90.8 91.8 89.5 79.3 92.4 1.8 74.6 21.1 106Secondary+ 96.3 96.9 95.3 85.3 93.4 87.9 76.9 95.4 3.1 72.9 30.0 178Wealth index quintilePoorest 91.5 98.4 95.9 79.2 88.7 77.1 63.3 94.2 1.3 59.8 7.5 144Second 90.1 92.7 90.2 77.2 80.7 73.4 60.8 88.9 6.6 54.7 12.1 137Middle 89.0 91.5 86.5 75.4 87.0 84.3 70.0 83.8 8.4 61.5 18.1 131Fourth 96.5 96.6 93.4 86.7 96.3 96.3 86.0 96.6 3.4 79.0 32.1 111Richest 95.3 97.1 92.8 87.2 89.9 87.5 76.4 95.4 2.9 72.8 43.5 103Total 92.2 95.2 91.7 80.6 88.1 82.9 70.3 91.5 4.6 64.6 21.0 626Japanese encephalitisJapanese encephalitis (JE) is seasonally endemic to the Terai. The first outbreak of JE in Nepal wasreported in 1978. Since then, JE infection has been reported in animal reservoirs and in humansthroughout the Terai. It has also been reported outside the Terai and in the Kathmandu valley. Inrecent years, the Ministry of Health and Population has introduced public health interventions,56