The need for innovative strategies to improve immunisation services in rural Zimbabwe

Disasters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-173

  Chadambuka, Addmore ^a   Chimusoro, Anderson ^b   Apollo, Tsitsilina ^a   Tshimanga, Mufuta ^a   Namusisi, Olivia ^c   Luman, Elizabeth T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^c US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Dropout rate; Gokwe south; Immunisation; Midlands province; Vaccination coverage; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; IMMUNIZATION; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINATION; ZIMBABWE;

GOKWE; MIDLANDS [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 83155180615     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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