Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: The impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverage

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Masanja, Honorati ^a,b   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^a,c   Mshinda, Hassan M ^a   Shekar, Meera ^d   Mugyabuso, Joseph K L ^e   Ndossi, Godwin D ^f   De Savigny, Don ^b,g  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f Tanzania Food Nutr Centre (TFNC)   (Tanzania)

^g Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; INSURANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33750921056     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-142     Document Type: Article

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