Who gets vaccinated in a measles-rubella campaign in Nepal?: results from a post-campaign coverage survey

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign 2015–2016 – districts covered, age-group and target population, campaign duration and administrative coverage

Campaign Phase	Number of Districts^a	Corresponding province (Number of districts, Full/ Partial)	Earthquake affected	Target age group for MR-SIA	Duration of campaign	Target population	Administrative Coverage^c (%)
1	14	Bagmati (12,P), Gandaki (1,P), Province-1 (1,P)	Y	6–59 months	15 Aug - 15 Sept 2015	500,344	91%
2	33	Gandaki (8,P), Lumbini (11,P), Karnali (5,P), Sudurpaschim (9,P)	N	9–59 months	7 Feb - 6 Mar 2016	1,090,504	103%
3	21	Province 1 (12,P), Province 2 (8, F) Bagmati (1,P)	N	9–59 months	21 Feb - 21 Mar 2016	1,371,798	99%
4^b	7	Province-1 (1,P) Gandaki (2,P) Karnali (4,P)	N	9–59 months	15 March - 12 Apr 2016	39,617	117%
National	75	7 provinces (75 districts)	–	–	–	3,002,263	99%

^aAt the time of campaign there were 75 districts in Nepal. Later two districts were split taking the number of districts to 77
^bMountain districts
^cThis is obtained by dividing the number of doses administered divided by the estimated target population from 2011 census projections; limitations of admin coverage include target population inaccuracies, older children sometimes vaccinated and unquantifiable mismatch between where people reside and where they get vaccinated, especially in urban areas

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