Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination announcements


Ghana eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus - 12/2/2011
Uganda eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus - 3/30/2011


36 countries with maternal and neonatal tetanus


Africa (24)
Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, DRC (Congo), Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mali, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania

Middle East (5)
Afghanistan, India (18 of 33 states), Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen

The Americas (1)
Haiti

Asian Pacific (6)
China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines

 

23 Countries that have eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus

Africa (18)
Benin, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Middle East (1)

Turkey

Asian Pacific (4)
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam