Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Figure 9.2 Trends in Vaccination Coverage AmongChildren 12-23 MonthsPercent1008095979486 8480 8077 76 7787846778706040200BCG DPT Polio Measles All1992 1996 2001-2002Source: 1992 ZDHS, 1996 ZDHS, and ZDHS 2001-2002Table 9.14 shows the percent distribution of children under five years receiving injections in thethree months preceding the survey, by background characteristics. Twenty-two percent of children underfive received an injection in the three months prior to the survey.Of those who received injections, 24 percent used their own needle and syringe brought to thehealth facility. Thirty-seven percent of urban children were given an injection using their own needle andsyringe brought to the health facility, compared with 15 percent of children in rural areas.Central (38 percent), Southern (37 percent), and Lusaka (37 percent) provinces have the highestpercentage of children who received an injection using their own needle and syringe brought to the healthfacility and North-Western province (2 percent) has the lowest.Forty-six percent of children were given injections using old/used needles and syringes.Only 7 percent of respondents reported keeping the needles and syringes after the injection wasgiven to the child, 5 percent in urban areas and 8 percent in rural areas. The questions on injections arespecific to Zambia and have not been tested in other countries. Thus, the data should be interpreted withcaution because some confusion may have occurred in the respondent’s understanding of the questionsand in the coded responses.146 | Maternal and Child Health