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ANNEX 1
List of measles and rubella priority countries
Low- or lower middle-income countries that have either not attained 90% MCV1 coverage, or
have not introduced RCV into routine immunization programmes, are included.
Country
MCV1
Coverage 2010
Rubella in
schedule, 2010
Afghanistan
62
No
Angola
93
No
Bangladesh
94
No
Benin
69
No
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of)
79
Yes
Burkina Faso
94
No
Burundi
92
No
Cambodia
93
No
Cameroon
79
No
Central African
Republic (the)
62
No
Chad
46
No
Comoros (the)
72
No
Congo (the)
76
No
Côte d’Ivoire
70
No
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (the)
99
No
Democratic Republic
of the Congo (the)
68
No
Djibouti
85
No
Eritrea
99
No
Ethiopia
81
No
Gambia (the)
97
No
Ghana
93
No
Guinea
51
No
Guinea-Bissau
61
No
Haiti
59
Yes
India
74
No
Indonesia
89
No
Iraq
73
Yes
Kenya
86
No
Kiribati
89
Yes
Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (the)
64
No
Lesotho
85
No
Liberia
64
No
Madagascar
67
No
Country
MCV1
Coverage 2010
Rubella in
schedule, 2010
Malawi
93
No
Mali
63
No
Mauritania
67
No
Micronesia
(Federated States of)
80
Yes
Morocco
98
No
Mozambique
70
No
Myanmar
88
No
Nepal
86
No
Niger (the)
71
No
Nigeria
71
No
Pakistan
86
No
Papua New Guinea
55
No
Philippines (the)
88
Yes
Rwanda
82
No
Samoa
61
Yes
Sao Tome and Principe
92
No
Senegal
60
No
Sierra Leone
82
No
Solomon Islands
68
No
Somalia
46
No
South Sudan
NA
No
Sudan (the)
90
No
Swaziland
94
No
Syrian Arab Republic (the)
82
Yes
Tajikistan*
94
Yes
Timor-Leste
66
No
Togo
84
No
Tuvalu
85
Yes
Uganda
55
No
United Republic of Tanzania
(the)
92
No
Vanuatu
52
No
Viet Nam
98
No
Yemen
73
No
Zambia
91
No
Zimbabwe
84
No
NA: data not available for 2010.
* Tajikistan has been included as a priority country, as evidence suggests that there are gaps in
coverage and that the coverage reported is not accurate.
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form. WHO/UNICEF estimates of MCV1 coverage for 2010.
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