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The percentage of children aged 24 to 35 months who were not fully vaccinated according to the national schedule declined by 15.1 percentage points between 2014 and 2022. Almost three in every five (57.6%) in this age range had not been fully vaccinated according to the national schedule in 2022 compared to about two in every five (42.5%) in 2014. Fully vaccinated according to the national schedule for ages 24 to 35 months refers to receipt of the following vaccines: one dose of BCG vaccine, OPV (birth dose), Hepatitis B vaccine (birth dose), three doses of OPV, and one dose of IPV, three doses of DPT-HepB-Hib, three doses of PCV, two doses of RV, one dose of MR, the yellow fever vaccine, a second dose of MR, and one dose of meningitis A vaccine. These statistics are based on Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) data on children for whom vaccination information was recorded from their vaccination cards.