In 2019, roughly 58 percent of the children aged 12-23 months in Algeria had received a vaccination against poliomyelitis. According to the residence, nearly 60 percent of the children living in rural areas were immunized against polio, while the vaccination rate was lower among the urban children's population.
In the last decades, the polio vaccination campaign in Africa has been effective and allowed the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) to declare the continent free of polio in August 2020.
Share of children vaccinated against poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by residence
The source specifies that the rate includes "children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and the third or fourth dose of the vaccine against VPI or the poliovirus given by mouth (OPV) at any time before the survey".
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UNICEF, & Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Algeria. (December 30, 2020). Share of children vaccinated against poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by residence [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198173/polio-immunization-rate-among-children-in-algeria-by-residence/
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UNICEF, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Algeria. (2020). Share of children vaccinated against poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by residence. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198173/polio-immunization-rate-among-children-in-algeria-by-residence/
UNICEF, and Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Algeria. "Share of Children Vaccinated against Poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by Residence." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198173/polio-immunization-rate-among-children-in-algeria-by-residence/
UNICEF & Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Algeria, Share of children vaccinated against poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by residence Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198173/polio-immunization-rate-among-children-in-algeria-by-residence/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Share of children vaccinated against poliomyelitis in Algeria in 2019, by residence [Graph], UNICEF, & Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Algeria, December 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1198173/polio-immunization-rate-among-children-in-algeria-by-residence/
