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Table 1 Age of standard/grade four girls who received HPV vaccine

From: Implementation of a human papillomavirus vaccination demonstration project in Malawi: successes and challenges

 

Year 1 (2013–2014)

Year 2 (2014–2015)

Year 3 (2015–2016)

Total for the first 3 years of the project

Zomba urban (%)

Rumphi District (%)

Total (%)

Zomba urban (%)

Rumphi District (%)

Total (%)

Zomba district (%)

Rumphi District (%)

Total (%)

Zomba district (%)

Rumphi District (%)

Total (%)

Total in-school standard 4 girls fully vaccinated:

1635

3874

5509

1506

3055

4561

13,532

3164

16,696

16,673

10,093

26,766

≤8 years old

377 (23.1)

267 (6.9)

644 (11.7)

294 (19.5)

223 (7.3)

517 (11.3)

695 (5.1)

195 (6.2)

890 (5.2)

1366 (8.2)

685 (6.8)

2051 (7.7)

9–13 years old

1241 (75.9)

3484 (89.9)

4725 (85.8)

1176 (78.1)

2760 (90.3)

3936 (86.3)

12,252 (90.5)

2918 (92.2)

15,170 (91.0)

14,669 (88.0)

9162 (90.8)

23,831 (89.0)

≥14

17 (1.0)

123 (3.2)

140 (2.5)

36 (2.4)

72 (2.4)

108 (2.4)

585 (4.3)

51 (1.6)

636 (3.8)

638 (3.8)

246 (2.3)

884 (3.3)

Out-of-school girls aged 9–13 years vaccinated

-

-

-

4/4 (100.0)

28/58 (48.3)

32/62 (51.6)

368/701 (52.5)

3/3 (100.0)

371/704 (52.7)

372/705 (52.8)

31/60 (51.7)

403/765 (52.7)

Total number of girls fully vaccinated

1635

3874

5509

1510

3083

4593

13,900

3167

17,067

17,045

10,124

27,169

  1. In year one, fully vaccinated was defined receiving all the three (3) doses given at 0,2 and 6 months. In year 2 and 3, fully vaccinated was defined receiving two doses given at 0 and 6 months