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Table 6 Calculated average wastage rates of DTP, Measlesā€“Rubella and Rota vaccines

From: Vaccine management practices among healthcare workers in Morogoro, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

No

Name of district

Opened DTP doses

Number of children vaccinated

Calculated facility wastage rate (%)

Opened MR doses

Number of children vaccinated

Calculated facility wastage rate (%)

Opened Rota doses

Number of children vaccinated

Calculated facility wastage rate (%)

1

Malinyi district

12,530

11,584

7.5

7,770

6,311

18.8

8,139

6,964

14.4

2

Morogoro district

17,920

16,774

6.4

13,000

10,515

19.1

11,870

10,133

14.6

3

Gairo district

17,320

15,859

8.4

11,320

9,091

19.7

11,258

9,513

15.5

Ā 

Average vaccine wastage rate in the study area

47,770

44,217

7%

32,090

25,917

19%

31,267

26,610

15%