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Table 5 Mean number of years (range) until countries began implementation, by income group

From: Implementing new health interventions in developing countries: why do we lose a decade or more?

 

High-income

Upper- middle- income

Lower- middle- income

Low- income

All countries

Hepatitis B

13.3 (1–25)

16.9 (6–24)

16.0 (1–26)

21.2 (8–27)

16.7 (1–27)

Haemophilus influenzae type B

9.0 (3–17)

14.3 (8–23)

17.5 (11–22)

18.8 (10–22)

14.6 (3–23)

Insecticide-treated mosquito net

15.0 (14–16)

12.9 (4–18)

11.7 (1–18)

12.2 (5–16)

12.2 (1–18)

  1. Legend.
  2. The table shows data only for the three interventions which more than 80% of all countries (HepB, Hib), or malaria-endemic countries (ITNs), have begun to implement.