Eritrea 1995. - BVSDE

Part II: INTERMEDIATE DETERMINANTS OF HNP STATUS – HEALTHSERVICE USEA. CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION 8BCG coverage: percent of children who had received a dose of BCG vaccine by the time of thesurvey.Measles coverage: percent of children who had received a dose of measles vaccine by the timeof the survey.DPT coverage: percent of children who had received three doses of DPT vaccine by the time ofthe survey.Full basic coverage: percent of children who had received a dose of BCG vaccine, measlesvaccine, and three doses of DPT and polio vaccines by the time of the survey, excluding poliovaccine given at birth.No basic coverage: percent of children who had received no vaccination against the six earlychildhooddiseases (TB, measles, polio, diphtheria, pertusis, and tetanus) by the time of thesurvey.Hepatitis B coverage: percent of children who had received three doses of hepatitis B vaccine bythe time of the survey.Yellow fever coverage: percent of children who had received a dose of yellow fever vaccine bythe time of the survey.B. TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES 9Treatment of FeverMedical treatment of fever: percent of children with fever, with or without cough or rapidbreathing, in the two weeks before the survey who had sought medical advice for fever from anyhealth facility or health provider, whether public or private.Treatment in a public facility: percent of children with fever, with or without cough or rapidbreathing, in the two weeks before the survey who had sought medical advice for fever from apublic-sector health facility or provider (as defined in fn. 9).Treatment in a private facility: percent of children with fever, with or without cough or rapidbreathing, in the two weeks before the survey who had sought medical advice for fever from aprivate-sector health facility or provider (as defined in fn. 9).8 Childhood immunization figures refer to rates among children 12-23 months of age in all countries except those inLatin America and the Caribbean. There, the figures refer to rates among children 18-29 months of age. All figures arebased on information recorded on the child’s vaccination card; or, in cases where a card was not seen by theinterviewer, on the mother’s report.9 Figures for illness treatment in a public facility refer to treatment in government hospitals, health centers, health posts,or dispensaries; or in facilities operated by government-affiliated social securing programs. Figures for treatment inprivate facilities cover treatment in private hospitals or clinics, in private doctors’ offices, or in facilities operated byother private medical providers (such as non-governmental organizations) as defined in the country concerned; butexclude treatment obtained in private pharmacies or shops.- 24 -