Botswana - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Botswana was 95.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 60.00 in 1997.

Definition: Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1995 73.00
1996 62.00
1997 60.00
1998 77.00
1999 85.00
2000 86.00
2001 87.00
2002 88.00
2003 90.00
2004 91.00
2005 92.00
2006 93.00
2007 93.00
2008 94.00
2009 94.00
2010 95.00
2011 95.00
2012 95.00
2013 95.00
2014 95.00
2015 95.00
2016 95.00
2017 95.00
2018 95.00
2019 95.00
2020 95.00

Limitations and Exceptions: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Governments in developing countries usually finance immunization against measles and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (DTP) as part of the basic public health package. The data shown here are based on an assessment of national immunization coverage rates by the WHO and UNICEF. The assessment considered both administrative data from service providers and household survey data on children's immunization histories. Based on the data available, consideration of potential biases, and contributions of local experts, the most likely true level of immunization coverage was determined for each year.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention