Meatu District Report - Whole Village Project - University of Minnesota

Figure 7 provides a summary of the disease burden for children under-five among the four villages.
Over half of children suffered from fever or a cough or flu in the past three months in Mbushi,
Iramba Ndogo and Sapa. Diarrhea was also a significant issue among the villages as between 31%
in Sapa to 50% in Mbushi were afflicted. While far from the most common disease, there were a
number of reports of malaria among under-five children in Mbushi (24%), Iramba Ndogo (20%),
Sapa (16%) and Makao (16%). Other diseases such as measles and pneumonia were near
nonexistent.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, children are considered fully vaccinated
when they have received a vaccination against tuberculosis (BCG), three doses each of the DPT and
polio vaccines, and a measles vaccination by the age of 12 months. Figure 8 shows the percentage
of children under five who have been vaccinated by village; data was also collected on percentage of
children under five who had received a vitamin A supplement.
Figure 8. Percent Children Under-5 Vaccinated
Vaccinations for under five children in Meatu district is fairly high though could be improved for
BCG, polio and DPT. The data in Figure 8 shows that 80% to 90% of all villages vaccinated for those
three diseases. However, the percentage vaccinated against measles is substantially lower. While
Mbushi, Iramba Ndogo and Makao have administered vaccinations for approximately 60% of young
children, Sapa lags far behind at 34%. Even fewer children received vitamin A supplements in all of
the villages. Almost half of the under five children in Mbushi (46%), Iramba Ndogo (46%) and
Makao (45%) had a vitamin A supplement, children in Sapa receive the lowest amount at 25%. It
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