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## Background In 1986, the Government of Mali launched its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) with the goal of vaccinating, within five years, 80% of all children under the age of five against six target diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, and measles. The Demographic and Health Survey carried out in 2001 revealed that, in Kita Circle, in the Kayes region, only 13% of children aged 12 to 23 months had received all the EPI vaccinations. A priority program was implemented in 2003 by the Regional Health Department in Kayes to improve EPI immunization coverage in this area. ## Methods A cross-sectional survey using Henderson's method (following the method used by the Demographic and Health Surveys) was carried out in July 2006 to determine the level of vaccination coverage among children aged 12 to 23 months in Kita Circle, after implementation of the priority program. Both vaccination cards and mothers' declarations (in cases where the mother cannot make the declaration, it is made by the person responsible for the child) were used to determine coverage. ## Results According to the vaccination cards, 59.9% [CI 95% (54.7-64.8)] of the children wer

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Author

Abdel Karim Koumaré; Drissa Traore; Fatouma Haidara; Filifing Sissoko; Issa Traoré; Sékou Dramé; Karim Sangaré; Karim Diakité; Bréhima Coulibaly; Birama Togola; Aguissa Maïga

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1472-698X)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)