How important are airfreight rates and vaccine packaging in cost-saving efforts for the Expanded Programme on immunization?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-321

  Schreuder, B ^a   Arentsen, H ^a   Matosse, M ^b  

^a EPI/MCH DANIDA Project   (Mozambique)

^b EPI ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME; TRANSPORT COSTS; VACCINE DELIVERY;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIRCRAFT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG PACKAGING; IMMUNIZATION; MOZAMBIQUE; UNITED NATIONS; VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0030861897     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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