Impact of emergency mass immunisations on measles control in displaced populations in Gulu district, Northern Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 403-408

  Mupere, E ^a,b   Onek, P ^c   Babikako, H M ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Gulu Regional Hospital   (Uganda)

^c Mengo Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UGANDA;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA;

EID: 27544493497     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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