Improved equity in measles vaccination from integrating insecticide-treated bednets in a vaccination campaign, Madagascar

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-437

  Goodson, James L ^a   Kulkarni, Manisha A ^b   Vanden Eng, Jodi L ^a   Wannemuehler, Kathleen A ^a   Cotte, Annett H ^a   Desrochers, Rachelle E ^b   Randriamanalina, Bakolalao ^c   Luman, Elizabeth T ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Campaign; Insecticide treated bed nets; Integration; Malaria; Measles; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84859004131     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02953.x     Document Type: Article

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