Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ndiritu, Moses ^a   Cowgill, Karen D ^b   Ismail, Amina ^c   Chiphatsi, Salome ^c   Kamau, Tatu ^c   Fegan, Gregory ^a,d   Feikin, Daniel R ^e   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,f   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,g  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS-HAEMOPHILUS B CONJUGATE VACCINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; KENYA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPATITIS B; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECALL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TIME; UTILIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENTAL RECALL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744969126     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-132     Document Type: Article

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