Effect of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation on diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine coverage: an independent assessment

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9541, 2006, Pages 1088-1095

  Lu, Chunling ^a   Michaud, Catherine M ^a   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^a,b   Khan, Kashif ^a   Murray, Christopher JL ^a  

^a Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; LAW; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETANUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33748741869     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69337-9     Document Type: Article

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