The immunization programme in Bangladesh: Impressive gains in coverage, but gaps remain

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Jamil, Kanta ^a,b   Bhuiya, Abbas ^c   Streatfield, Kim ^c   Chakrabarty, Nitai ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Economics and Financing Research Group   (Bangladesh)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY WORKERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION--DETERMINANTS; INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; TETANUS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; YOUTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0033041137     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/14.1.49     Document Type: Review

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