Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India

Table 2 DPT3 coverage estimates for India and Maharashtra state (in%)

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Official Government Estimate (India)	87	90	94	98	84	97	90	85
WHO-UNICEF Joint Estimate (India)	64	67	66	71	72	72	72	72
DLHS 2 and 3 (Maharashtra)	72	-	-	-	79	-	-	-
DLHS 2 and 3 (Dhule district)	88	-	-	-	45	-	-	-

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