Brazilian experience with rapid monitoring of vaccination coverage during a national rubella elimination campaign

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Da Silva Teixeira, Antonia Maria ^a   Samad, Samia Abdul ^a   De Souza, Marcos Aurélio ^a   Segatto, Teresa Cristina ^b   Morice, Ana ^c   Flannery, Brendan ^c  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Vigilancia em Saude   (Brazil)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Disease prevention; Immunization coverage; Immunization programs; Measles mumps rubella vaccine; Program evaluation; Rubella vaccine

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; IMMUNIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MALE; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RUBELLA; URBAN HEALTH; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

RUBELLA;

EID: 80052466051     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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