Comparing measles with previous eradication programs: Enabling and constraining factors

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Keegan, Robert ^a   Dabbagh, Alya ^b   Strebel, Peter M ^b   Cochi, Stephen L ^c  

^a Independent Department   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA CONTROL; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SMALLPOX; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); YAWS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONS; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960854397     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir119     Document Type: Article

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