Impact of wastage on single and multi-dose vaccine vials: Implications for introducing pneumococcal vaccines in developing countries

Human Vaccines

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-278

  Parmar, Divya ^a,b   Baruwa, Elaine M ^a,b   Zuber, Patrick ^c   Kone, Souleymane ^c  

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

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Immunization; PCV; Pneumococcal; Vaccine wastage

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG STORAGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953626319     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.6.3.10397     Document Type: Article

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