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18 achieve 15-point rise

Eighteen nations have increased measles immunization by 15 percentage points or more between 1990 and 1993.
Lebanon - immunization up after violent years.
Spectacular increases have been achieved in two of the world's poorest countries ­ Guinea (up from 18% to 57%) and the Lao Republic (13% to 46%). Bolivia, South America's poorest nation, has achieved 81% measles coverage ­ up from just over 50% in 1990.

Among the most populous nations, Bangladesh stands out with an increase from 54% to 71% in just three years. 

Rising
Coverage 15 % points or more up
		1990	1993	% pt. rise
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Guinea		 18	57	39
Hong Kong	 41	77	36
Lao Rep.	 13	46	33
Namibia		 41	71	30
Bolivia		 53	81	28
Paraguay	 69	96	27
Lebanon		 39	65	26
Iraq		 62	87	25
Turkmenistan	 63	84	21
Germany		 50	70	20
Libya		 70	89	19
Madagascar	 33	52	19
Bangladesh	 54	71	17
Kenya		 59	76	17
Trinidad/Tobago	 70	87	17
Mauritania	 33	49	16
Mexico		 78	93	15
U. Arab Emirates 75	90	15
Eighteen countries have let measles immunization fall by more than 10 percentage points. Twelve of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is proving difficult to sustain the massive immunization effort of the 1980s in the face of severe debt and adjustment problems.
Albania - 20 point drop.
Gabon, the richest country in sub-Saharan Africa, has allowed measles immunization to fall over 10 per cent in three years.

The steepest drop has been in Papua New Guinea where measles immunization has been more than halved. 

Falling
Coverage over 10 % points down	
		1990	1993	% pt. fall
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Bulgaria	98	87	­11
Gabon		76	65	­11
C. African Rep.	82	69	­13*
Chad		32	19	­13
Senegal		59	46	­13
Algeria		83	69	­14
Burundi		75	61	­14
Zambia		76	62	­14
Ethiopia	37	22	­15*
Panama		99	83	­16*
Liberia		55	38	­17
Botswana	78	60	­18
Albania		96	76	­20
Congo		75	55	­20
Nigeria		54	34	­20
Cameroon	56	34	­22
Bhutan		89	65	­24
Papua N. Guinea	67	31	­36
* Although featured on this list, the 1993 figures for Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Panama represent partial recoveries from the steep falls recorded between 1990 and 1992. The 1990, the 1992 and the 1993 figures were: Central African Republic 82 %, 32%, 69%, Ethiopia 37%, 10%, 22%, Panama 99%, 71%, 83%.

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