Health system barriers to strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and response in the context of decentralization: Evidence from Georgia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hotchkiss, David R ^a   Eisele, Thomas P ^a   Djibuti, Mamuka ^b   Silvestre, Eva A ^a   Rukhadze, Natia ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CURATIO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

VACCINE;

FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINES;

EID: 33746743004     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-175     Document Type: Article

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