Improving immunization services under the armed conflict in rural Nepal

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 805-808

  Silwal, Ram Chandra ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^b   Poudyal, Amod K ^c   Poudel, Krishna C ^b   Wakai, Susumu ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Conflict; Human resource for health; Immunization; Nepal

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

HEALTH SERVICES; IMMUNIZATION; RURAL AREA;

ARMY; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG STABILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; WAR;

CHILD; DRUG STORAGE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REFRIGERATION; REGISTRIES; SECURITY MEASURES; VACCINES; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747334438     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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