The costs of introducing a malaria vaccine through the expanded program on immunization in Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 119-130

  Hutton, Guy ^a   Tediosi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TANZANIA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA VACCINES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33748549324     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.119     Document Type: Article

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