World Health Organization, South-East Asia Regional Office

Myanmar 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

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Basic informaion 2016

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

Table 1

5


Immunizaion schedule 2016

MCV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 2

5

Naional immunizaion coverage 1980 - 2016

Figure 1

6

Immunizaion system highlights

Table 3

6

DTP3 coverage, diphtheria and pertussis cases 1980 - 2016

Figure 2

7

Reported cases of vaccine preventable diseases 2011 - 2016

Table 4

7

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by province 2015

Figure 3

7

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by province 2016

Figure 4

7

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

9

Non-polio AFP rate by province 2015

Figure 6

9

Non-polio AFP rate by province 2016

Figure 7

9

Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage by province 2015

Figure 8

10

Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage by province 2016

Figure 9

10

OPV supplementary immunizaion aciviies

Table 6

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No.

Towards measles eliminaion and rubella/congenital rubella
syndrome control
Figure 10

11

Table 7

11

MCV1 coverage by province 2015

Figure 11

12

MCV1 coverage by province 2016

Figure 12

12

MCV2 coverage by province 2015

Figure 13

12

MCV1 coverage by province 2016

Figure 14

12

Immunity against measles – immunity proile by age in 2016

Figure 15

12

Subnaional risk assessment for measles and rubella

Figure 16

12

Sporadic and outbreak associated measles cases by month 2011 - 2016

Figure 17

13

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

Figure 18

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

Network of WHO supported surveillance medical oicers and laboratories for
VPD surveillance

Figure 19

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WHO South-East Asia Region
Myanmar: region and state level map

Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designaions used on all the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the
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.

4

Impact of routine immunization
Table 1: Basic information1 2016

EPI history

Total populaion

52,088,703

Division/Province/State/Region

Live births

1,009,793

Township/District

17
330/69



EPI launched in 1978

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

34 districts (10%)

Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF, 2016

6

Figure 2: DTP3 coverage1, diphtheria and pertussis cases2, 1980-2016
26878

DTP-Hib-HepB3 coverage by province

0

10238

100

8000

Figure 3: 2015

7000

No. of cases

5000

60

4000
40

3000
2000

% Coverage

80

6000

20

1000
0

0
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Year
Diphtheria Cases

Pertussis Cases

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

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

7

5

32 (18%)

2,046

103

ND

20

ND

2012

a

0

19

2

29 (39%)

2,175

21

ND

14

ND

2013

0

38

14

39 (53%)

1,010

23

ND

3

ND

2014

0

29

5

32 (44%)

122

30

ND

50

ND

2015

0

87

5

30 (ND)

6

34

ND

113

ND

2016

0

136

2

21 (11%)

266

10

ND

393

ND

b

a
Excludes one type 1 VDPV
Source: WHO/UNICEF JRF (muliple years)

b

Excludes two type 2 cVDPVs
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
MNT eliminaion in 2010

100

120

80

80
60
60
40
40
20

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

100

Polio-free status is maintained
Table 5: AFP surveillance performance indicators, 2011-2016



Last polio case due to indigenous WPV reported from Rakhine province in February 2000.
Last polio case due to imported WPV reported from Rakhine province in May 2007.

Indicator

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

AFP cases

418

457

404

389

336

466

Wild poliovirus conirmed cases

0

0

0

0

0

0

Compaible cases

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.02

2.21

1.91

1.82

2.34

3.38

Adequate stool specimen collecion percentage

94%

97%

95%

96%

93%

96%

Total stool samples collected

834

916

808

772

672

932

14

14

11

13

13

12

92

93

94

94

95

96

1

Non-polio AFP rate

2

% NPEV isolaion
3

% Timeliness of primary result reported

Number of discarded AFP cases per 100,000 children under 15 years of age.
2
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

Non-polio AFP rate by province

Figure 6: 2015

Figure 7: 2016

© WHO/Myanmar/F Maurizio

2

No non-polio AFP case

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Adequate stool specimen collection % by province

Figure 8: 2015
Table 6: OPV SIAs
Target populaion

Coverage (%)

Year

Anigen

Geographic
coverage

Target age

Round 1

Round 2

2002

OPV

NID