Increase in EPI vaccines coverage after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infant with Sulfadoxine -pyrimethamine in the district of Kolokani, Mali: Results from a cluster randomized control trial

Table 1 Coverage of EPI vaccines given with IPTi and other health interventions based on the information on vaccination card and from interview at baseline and after IPTi implementation

Vaccines and interventions	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention				P value Control zone versus intervention zone	P value Control zone versus Baseline	P value Intervention zone versus Baseline
	Baseline		Control zone		Intervention zone
	n	Coverage in % (95% CI)	n	Coverage in % (95% CI)	n	Coverage in % (95% CI)
BCG	867	70.9% (62.7 - 79.1)	925	88.7% (82.6 - 94.9)	958	91.6% (88.7 - 94.6)	0.322	<0.001	<0.001
3 doses of DTP/Polio	704	54.4% (43.3 - 65.5	718	60.2% (48.6 -71.7)	763	76.4% (69.5 -83.3)	0.007	0.03	<0.001
Measles	560	55.0% (44.4 - 65.6)	544	73.9% (67.6 - 80.1)	528	83.3% (78.8 - 87.9)	0.012	<0.001	<0.001
Yellow Fever	599	49.9% (38.7 - 61.1)	544	73.2% (67.2 - 79.1)	529	82.6% (77.8 - 87.4)	0.011	<0.001	<0.001
Completely vaccinated	537	36.7% (25.3 - 48.0)	519	53.8% (43.4- 64.1)	511	69.5% (64.2 - 74.7)	0.005	<0.001	<0.001
Vitamin A supplementation	720	74.4% (67.3 - 82.5)	723	83.7% (77.1- 90.3)	691	85.2% (78.0-92.5)	0.746	<0.001	<0.001
Use of ITN	1039	49.7% (39.4 - 59.6)	1045	52.7% (41.3 - 64.1)	1045	52.3% (43.7 - 61.0)	0.884	0.17	0.24

EPI: Expanded Programme on Immunization; IPTi: Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants; BGG: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine; DTP: Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine; Polio: Poliomyelitis vaccine; ITN: Insecticide-impregnated bed net.

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