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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Zimbabwe was 86.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.00 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.00 in 1995.

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 1.00
1996 9.00
1997 16.00
1998 24.00
1999 31.00
2000 79.00
2001 76.00
2002 73.00
2003 70.00
2004 68.00
2005 65.00
2006 68.00
2007 72.00
2008 75.00
2009 73.00
2010 90.00
2011 94.00
2012 97.00
2013 95.00
2014 91.00
2015 87.00
2016 90.00
2017 89.00
2018 89.00
2019 90.00
2020 86.00

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