Vaccination coverage among children in Nigeria 2018, by vaccination
Data on the coverage of specific vaccines among children aged 12 to 23 months in Nigeria showed that 67 percent of children received the BCG vaccine, against tuberculosis. In addition, as of 2018, about 55 percent of children received the recommended first dose of polio vaccination, whereas 65 percent received the first dose against diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus Influenza (DPT-HepB-Hib).