Assessment of neonatal tetanus elimination in an African setting by lot quality assurance cluster sampling (LQA-CS)

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Cotter, B ^a   Bremer, V ^b   Stroh, G ^c   Msambichaka, K ^d   Mabuzane, E ^e   Munyoro, M ^e   Shirehwa, F ^e   Biellik, R ^d   Birmingham, M ^f  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c World Health Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

^d WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN TETANUS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037396828     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802008233     Document Type: Article

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