World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office

Maldives 2017

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
FACT SHEET

Acronyms
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MCV1

First dose measles containing vaccine

AEFI

Adverse events following immunization

MCV2

Second dose measles containing vaccine


AFP

Acute flaccid paralysis

MICS

Multiple indicator cluster survey

BCG

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

MMR

Measles mumps rubella vaccine

CES

Coverage evaluation survey


MNT

Maternal and neonatal tetanus

cMYP

Comprehensive multi-year plan

MR

Measles rubella vaccine

CRS

Congenital rubella syndrome

NCIP

National committee on immunization practices


DHS

Demographic health survey

NID

National immunization day

DT

Diphtheria tetanus toxoid, pediatric

NTAGI

National technical advisory group on immunization

DTP

Diphtheria – tetanus – pertussis vaccine


NPEV

Non-polio enterovirus

DTP-Hib-HepB

Pentavalent vaccine

NT

Neonatal tetanus

DTP-Hib-HepB3 3rd dose pentavalent vaccine

OPV

Oral poliovirus vaccine

EPI


Expanded programme on immunization

bOPV

Bivalent OPV

GDP

Gross domestic product

tOPV

Trivalent OPV

HCW

Health care worker

PCV


Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

HepB

Hepatitis B vaccine

SEAR

WHO South-East Asia Region

Hib

Haemophilus influenzae type b

SIA

Supplementary immunization activities

HPV


Human papilloma virus

SNID

Subnational immunization day

IgM

Immunoglobulin M

Td

Tetanus diphtheria toxoid; older children, adults

IPV

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine

TT


Tetanus toxoid

JE

Japanese encephalitis

TT2+

2 or more doses TT

JE_Live-Atd

JE live attenuated vaccine

VDPV

Vaccine derived poliovirus

JRF


WHO UNICEF joint reporting form

VPD

Vaccine preventable diseases

LB

Live birth

WCBA

Women of child bearing age

M

Measles

WPV


Wild poliovirus

Contents
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No.

Impact of rouine immunizaion
EPI history

Page
No.

Towards measles eliminaion and rubella/congenital rubella
syndrome control

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MCV1 and MCV2 coverage, measles and rubella cases, 1980-2016


Figure 7

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Basic informaion 2016

Table 1

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Table 7

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Immunizaion schedule 2016

MCV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 2

5

MCV1 coverage by district 2015

Figure 8

12

Naional immunizaion coverage 1980 - 2016

Figure 1

6

MCV1 coverage by district 2016

Figure 9

12

Immunizaion system highlights

Table 3

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MCV2 coverage by district 2015

Figure 10

12

DTP3 coverage, diphtheria and pertussis cases 1980 - 2016

Figure 2

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Figure 11

12

Reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases 2011 - 2016

MCV1 coverage by district 2016

Table 4

7

Immunity against measles – immunity proile by age in 2016

Figure 12

12

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by district 2015

Figure 3

7

Subnaional risk assessment for measles and rubella

Figure 13

12

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by district 2016

Figure 4

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Sporadic and outbreak associated measles cases by month 2011 - 2016

Figure 14

13

Immunizaion status of conirmed (laboratory and Epi linked) measles outbreak
associated cases by age 2011 – 2016

Figure 15

13

Quality of ield and laboratory surveillance for measles and rubella 2012 - 2016

Table 8

14

Performance of laboratory surveillance 2012 - 2016

Table 9

14

WHO supported laboratory network for VPD surveillance

Figure 16

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Page
No.

Maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminaion is sustained
TT2+ coverage and NT cases 1980 - 2016

Figure 5

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Page
No.

Polio-free status is maintained
AFP surveillance indicators 2011 - 2016

Table 5

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AFP cases 2011-2016

Figure 6

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OPV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 6

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WHO South-East Asia Region
Maldives: atoll level map

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World Health Organizaion concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authoriies, or concerning the delimitaion of its froniers or boundaries.

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Impact of routine immunization
Table 1: Basic information1 2016

EPI history

Total populaion

338,434

Division/Province/State/Region

-

Live births

6,592

Atoll/District

20
2



EPI launched in 1976

Children 10% drop-out rate for DTP-Hib-HepB1 to DTP-Hib-HepB3

no district

Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF, 2016

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Figure 2: DTP3 coverage1, diphtheria and pertussis cases2, 1980-2016

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by district

8

100

Figure 3: 2015

7

No. of cases

5

60

4
40

3
2

% Coverage

80

6

20

1
0

0
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016
Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form, 2015 (administraive data)

Year
Diphtheria Cases

Pertussis Cases

DTP3 Coverage

WHO/UNICEF esimates of naional immunizaion coverage, July 2017 revision
WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system 2016

1
2

Figure 4: 2016

Table 4: Reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases, 2011-2016
Year

Polio

Diphtheria

Pertussis

NT
(% of all Tetanus)

Measles

Rubella

Mumps

JE

CRS

2011

0

0

0

0

0

0

69

0

0

2012

0

0

0

0

0

0

14

0

0

2013

0

0

0

0

0

0

17

0

0

2014

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2015

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

2016

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF

ND=No data

Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form, 2016 (administraive data)
90%

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination is sustained

Figure 5: TT2+ coverage1 and NT cases2, 1980-2016

5000

100

4000

80

3000

60
No data

2000

40

1000

20
0

0
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

Year
NT Cases
WHO/UNICEF JRF, Country oicial esimates, 1980-2016
WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system 2016

1
2

8

TT2+ Coverage

2013

2014

2015

2016

% Coverage

No. of cases

MNT eliminaion before 2000

Polio-free status is maintained
Table 5: AFP surveillance performance indicators, 2011-2016
Last laboratory-conirmed polio case due to WPV was reported in 1994.
Indicator

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

AFP cases

3

4

1

1

5

2

Wild poliovirus conirmed cases

0

0

0

0

0

0

Compaible cases

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non-polio AFP rate

3.40

4.55

1.08

1.12

5.60

2.11

Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage2

33%

75%

100%

100%

60%

0%

2

6

2

2

6

4

1

Total stool samples collected
% NPEV isolaion

0

0

0

0

0

0

% Timeliness of primary result reported3

0

100

100

100

0

100

Number of discarded AFP cases per 100,000 children under 15 years of age.
Percent with 2 specimens, at least 24 hours apart and within 14 days of paralysis onset.
3
Results reported within 14 days of sample received at laboratory.
1
2

Figure 6: AFP cases 2011-2016

2011 = 3 cases
2012 = 4 cases
+ 2013 = 1 case
2014 = 1 case
2015 = 5 cases
2016 = 2 cases

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Table 6: OPV SIAs

Year

Anigen

Geographic
coverage

Target populaion

Coverage (%)

Target age
Round 1

Round 2

Round 1

Round 2

1997

OPV

NID

15 years
< 1 year
1-4 years
5-9 years
10-14 years
> 15 years

0

2011

2012
Immunized

Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form (2011-2016)

2013

2014
2015
Not immunized/ unknown

2016

13

80%
2
80%
80%

Proporion of sub-naional
surveillance units reporing
to the naional level on ime

Genotypes
detected

Indicators

-

Proporion of atolls reporing
at least two discarded nonmeasles non-rubella cases
per 100,000 total populaion

Rubella

-

Discarded non-measles nonrubella incidence per 100,000
total populaion

0

0

ND

ND

ND

Proporion of all suspected
measles and rubella cases
that have had an adequate
invesigaion iniiated within
48 hours of noiicaion

0

0

2.6

2.9

2.9

Annual incidence of
conirmed rubella cases per
million total populaion

0

0

100

100

100

Annual incidence of
conirmed measles cases per
million total populaion

0

0

0

0

0

Discarded non-measles
non-rubella cases

0

0

0

0

0

EPI-linked

0

0

9

10

12

Lab-conirmed

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Measles

-

-

-

-

-

Clinically-conirmed

Case classiicaion (number)

Measles

EPI-linked

Target ➔

Lab-conirmed

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

0

0

No. of suspected measles

Table 8: Surveillance performance indicators for measles and rubella, 2012-2016

Year

2012

2013

2014

10

12

%

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100

100

100

0

0

0

30

% Posiive cases
tested for viral
detecion

2015

No.

0

0

0

3

0

% Results within
4 days of receipt

ND=No data

%

0

0

0

0

0

14
Specimen
posiive for
rubella IgM

2016

No.

0

0

0

0

0
ND=No data

Specimen
posiive for
measles IgM

Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form (2012-2016)

No (%)

0

0

9 (100%)

10 (100%)

12 (100%)

No (%)

0

0

9 (100%)

10 (100%)

12 (100%)

Serum specimen
received in
laboratory
within 5 days of
collecion

Table 9: Performance of laboratory surveillance, 2012-2016

Year

2013

2012

2014

2015

2016

Source: SEAR annual EPI reporing form (2012-2016)

Serum specimen
collected from
suspected
measles cases

0

0

100

100

11.92

Rubella

-

-

-

-

-

Figure 16: WHO supported laboratory network for VPD surveillance

Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital
Naional measles and rubella laboratory

Source EPI Maldives, May 2015

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For contact or feedback:

Naional Programme on Immunizaion and Travel Health
Health Protecion Agency, Ministry of Health, Male, Maldives Phone:
+960-3014495, Fax : +960-3014484
Email: nash@health.gov.mv, nash3118@gmail.com, www.health.gov.mv

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Email: SearEpidata@who.int
www.searo.who.int/enity/immunizaion