Volume 10, Number 7—July 2004
Research
Rapid Assessment Tool for Haemophilus influenzae type b Disease in Developing Countries1
Table 2
Results of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) rapid assessment tool in 11 developing countries
Country | Under-5 mortality rate | Cases/deathsa | Cases/deathsb |
---|---|---|---|
Ghana |
110 |
5,465/984 |
27,326/4,099 |
Uganda |
147 |
2,838/709 |
14,189/2,838 |
Egypt |
65 |
6,731/2558 |
33,657/2,019 |
Iran |
31.5 |
1,975/40 |
9,876/593 |
Jordan |
33 |
313/16 |
1,563/78 |
Morocco |
Not done |
||
Oman |
21.5 |
48/15 |
242/14 |
Yemen |
105 |
3,085/956 |
15,427/956 |
Kyrgyzstan |
19.6 i |
125/15 |
625/63 |
Uzbekistan |
21g |
565/68 |
2,826/283 |
Bhutan | 63g | 54/18 | 270/27 |
aNational Hib meningitis.
bNational Hib pneumonia.
1Some of the content of this manuscript has previously been presented in a document on the Web site of the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/vaccines-documents/DocsPDF01/www625.pdf).