Improving low coverage of child immunization in rural hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh: Findings from a project using multiple interventions

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-179

  Uddin, Md Jasim ^a   Saha, Nirod Chandra ^a   Islam, Ziaul ^a   Khan, Iqbal Ansary ^a   Shamsuzzaman, ^b   Quaiyum, M A ^a   Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child; Hard to reach; Immunization; Intervention

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILD IMMUNIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PERTUSSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84355161979     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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